It's funny how life works, for some reason this morning I Googled Herreschoff, found the Herreschoff registry, and found the boat I grew up on. I haven't seen Sally since probably 1968, but the 1903 date of the hull and that distinctive stern make me certain that she is hull #608.
As a small child in Milwaukee I remember my father selling Trim, a US1 and buying Sally. We raced and cruised her on Lake Michigan from the time I was 4 until we moved to New Orleans in 1959. Sally was trucked to Lake Pontchartrain after the Queens Cup in 1959 where we cruised and raced her on the lake and Mississippi Gulf Coast until 1963. She was sold in 1963 to an owner in Houston.
At that time Sally was a cutter rig. If my memory serves me correctly her bow sprit had been added in the early 1950's to make her more competitive under the CCA rules. In '67 or '68 I delivered a Cal 2-30 to Galveston for a race and found Sally, bowsprit removed and re-rigged as a sloop. She belonged to a professor who was about to set off on a round the world cruise. Looks like he made it as far as San Diego. I have pictures and a magazine article about the boat if the owner would care to contact me. I have tried to insert a picture, but if doesn't seem to work.
Sean Hickey, Perdido Beach, Alabama
