Mississippi River Yawl

14 Oct 19:

We come across paintings from back in the steamboat area and spot Mississippi yawls that look like BARBASHELA. Captain Thomas P. Leathers designed and built her on the deck of his steamer NATCHEZ in the early 1880s and then gifted her to Ms. Winnie Davis

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Ship Plans Smithsonian 17 Oct 17

17 Oct 17:

Sent off a copy of Barbashela's Restoration Report to the Smithsonian Ship Plans department. They are housed in the National Museum of American History and maintain an archive of ship plans. They will add the report, which includes line drawings and a Table of Offsets, to the archive.

Copies of Barbashela's Restoration Report may be purchased on Amazon.