 When production stopped in 2001, over 20 million Gollies had been sent out.In the 1970's, Robertsons sponsored Clare Francis in her entry with her Ohlson 38 yacht "Robertson's Golly" in the "Observer" Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, in which she finished thirteenth overall and set a new women's single-handed transatlantic record.Robertson's officially 'retired' Golly in 2002.