Model No. 307: Dakotah

Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1893 (ca.)
Model length (ca.): 53.5" (136.0cm)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Ten-Rater Fin Keel
Hull Configuration: Fin Keel
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room South Wall Right

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"#440 Scale of breadth (1/12 x 93/96) = .08025 [sic, i.e. .080729?]. Lengths = (1/12 x 26/27) = .08025 DACOTA" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"35'2" lwl Dacotah, fin-keel cutter of 1893. Slight changes in proportions from model." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"See also possibly related fin keel half model in the Collection of the Model Room of the Herreshoff Marine Museum. [Model is unidentified but penciled note 'about 8500lbs lead may point to Dakotah which had a lead bulb of similar size and form]." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 22, 2022.)