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Known History:
"SALLY" is described in an extract from the 1947 Lloyds Register of Yachts as a wooden centre board Bermudan sloop of 16' 00" (4.87 metres) length, with a beam of 6' 03" (1.90 metres) carrying approximately 180 square feet of sail and built in 1933 by Francis Morgan Giles of Teignmouth, Devon being owned at that time (1947) by Lieut. Higley Halliday, R.N.V.R. & Mr. John H. Corah, J.P. of London. "SALLY" is carvel built of 7/16" thick Burmese teak copper planks fastened on what seem to be either oak or rock elm frames at 2 3/4" centres with an oak keel, keelson, stem and stern post with teak centre board casing and furniture. Decking was of painted marine plywood inserts surrounded by teak king planks and covering boards. However, during the subsequent strip down and restoration, evidence suggested that she was originally an open boat with a rowing thwart in way of the current mast position confirmed by the remains of rowlock stiffening brackets slightly abaft of this area. There are also mooring ring bolts remaining on the inboard sides of the stem and stern posts which I doubt would have been fitted had she been decked as she is now. Evidence also suggests the boat originally had a cut-away transom fitted with a split mainsheet horse normally associated with an open dinghy of this period.
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