Glala is now listed on the National Register of Historic Vessels. This does not confer the protection that a listed building would have. However, the plan is to treat her very much like a listed building - by conserving the original as much as possible and, where the original is too damaged, to rebuild in a researched, traditional way.

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One day she will be something like this drawing. Essentially this is her late 1930s form, with a few modifications. There will be, for example, a lot of new cowl vents to help preserve her (old wooden boats need lots of air to keep them dry!) and she has to meet current navigation regulations.

Materials can be a problem. There was a great deal of Teak in the original and much of it survives. But it is now impossible to obtain in the huge quantities that would be needed. For the decks in particular, there are reasonable substitutes available and, arguably, a solid deck in Iroko or Douglas-Fir is more authentic than a ply deck covered with a thin veneer of Teak. It will certainly be more durable. Similarly, the original cabin sides were probably made of 2" Teak, but their replacement is likely to be in some form of good mahogany, probably Utile.

The original interior was rebuilt following its destruction during the war, and rebuilt again in the 1970s and 80s. There is sufficient information to built a new interior that if not a replica, will at least have a similar layout and be of similar materials to the original. If the methods and materials are right it will not be jarringly modern, nor will it be faked history. It will be a logical step in vessel No.144471's continuing evolution.