Designed by Cees van Lent and launched in 1956, the 9,50-metre Marco was (re)discovered on the Dutch online marketplace Marktplaats in 2016, hiding in a yachting enthusiast’s shed as a fixer-upper. Purchased by Jolande van Lent, who had just joined Feadship Heritage Fleet’s research committee and felt she needed a boat to match, she approached designer Willem Nieland to restore her by staying true to her great grandfather’s original lines but adding an open cockpit. A year later, in 2017, Marco was back in the water and rechristened Margo in honour of Jolande's grandmother Margo Akerboom.