After the races "Volunteer" was modified to serve as a cruising schooner. In 1890 a major modification by George Lawley & Sons lengthened the hull by , improvements made and changed to a sloop rig. The yacht then had a large cabin and seven staterooms with three toilets. The crew was composed of four officers and eight men. The registry information for 1901—1902 shows , 99.88 Net tons, length overall, waterline length, beam with owner being J. Malcolm Forbes with home port of Boston.