tbis remarltable woman . Mrs Morris 1ook up residencea1 the Basin withberbusbandin 1868 , inaliuJe
shack by 1hc beach . The s1ory is tha1 she wen1 across by ferry on a rather windy day and refused 10 return across 1he Pinwater . She was mos1hospi1able10 the visiting yachismen . Af1er her husband died she cominued to live at the Basin for 52 years unlil her death . h is said that the shack she and her husband had buil1 straddled a boundary line between the Warringah and Ku-ring-gai Shires bu1 the yachtsmen got togelher . rebuilt ! be shack on a sUghtly differenl loca1ion , and senled the argumcnL Al her death a well-known yachisman said :
The passing of Peggy recalls those great old days and a kindly woman wailing nt the Basin 10 dry our clothes and IO warm us with coffee and ho1 dishes . Whclher we arrived at 5 pm or 5 am made no difference 10 the old Queen of Nature .
In 1922 a group of yachtsmen erected a monument in memory of Sally ( Peggy ) Morris at the Basin , Coasters Retreat , in 1he Pi11water .
' Yorky Sam ' at the Basin in 1901 .
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