Sail Number 7 Built in 1906
Photograph from the Archives of the A-Rater Association
Designed by the great Linton Hope and built by Burgoine in 1906 for C.P. Gosnell of Thames Sailing Club. In 1919, when other boats were using Gunter rigs, Saucy Sally tried out a Bermuda rig, with a short (32ft) Marconi mast, which was soon copied by others. It was just one example of the way Raters were at the forefront of yachting innovation for so long. A successful boat, but, like Vanessa, designed to operate as an 'A' or smaller 'B' Rater, which nowadays makes it hard for her against her bigger sisters. For a long time Saucy Sally was rated as a B-Rater. She was owned by E.J. Leggatt in 1950 then ownership passed to L. Sandford in 1960 and then by Nick Fawcett and Richard Winter who won the Queens Cup in 1969. Ownership then passed to W. Stephens in the 1980's. She was then laid up in a shed at Thames S.C. in the early 2000's. What is left of her would mean a complete rebuild or most likely she is gone. Current owner Peter Nobles. Upside down in the car park. at Thames S.C. The boat has a bit of a wierd shape which might make her harder to restore.
