Team sallyportbpractice Friday July 22nd 12noon

[Richard Harrison]

Hi
We will be having a team practice on Friday 22 nod July at 12noon.   Richard, Martin, Matt, Tina, Shahnaz and Teri will be rowing
Cheers
Richard

[MartinS]

Looking forward to it Richard.
In an idle moment just now I was wondering about the origin of the name "Sallyport". A quick Google shows there is a Sally Port Hotel in Old Portsmouth and also found this reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_port 
Anyone know why our boat is named so? Just seems a little less obvious than the other two galleys.
Martin

[Chris Partridge]

The Sallyport in Old Portsmouth is a small opening in the Hot Walls. Nelson passed through the Sallyport on his way to join HMS Victory en route to Trafalgar, so it was the last place he trod in England.

[Teri]

Wiki is spot on - comes from the world of defensive fortifications where a double doorway will be the only way into a part of the building, and from the 1600s onwards seemed to be used as a term for a water / dock  gate for wherries, gigs etc to pick up / land crews for ships moored offshore.          The Sally Port down by the Square Tower in Old Portsmouth isn't the only one where there are naval docks, there's one in Newcastle ( Sallyport Tower in Tower Street), and  there's (possibly) still one in the Grand Harbour in Malta  ....................... for the trivia minded there was also an HMS Sallyport involved in the Suez crisis in the 50s ........... but that's a whole different tack!