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Photo Of The Day: Leylon Sneed
Captioning the photo, Trish tells us:
"The Leylon Sneed, shown here leaving the harbor at Crown Bay, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas (with Holland America's Westerdam to the right), is a 109 ft. replica of a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat. It was apparently built in 1989 by Heritage Boats. It was used for day trips out of St. Thomas to St. John and other islands for snorkeling and diving.
I took this photo in December, 2006.
In August 2010, this boat ran aground and was beached by Hurricane Earl at Soper's Hole in Tortola. The salvage company Husky Marine, out of Road Town, Tortola, refloated her in January of this year, but I am not sure what has happened to this boat since then.
And - who was Leylon Sneed? An internet search comes up with a woman named Leylon Elizabeth Sneed, who lived from 1898 to 1994, but I found no other information on her. Who was she?"
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[Photo Credit: Flickr user Trish Hartmann]
Filed under: Photo of the Day, Caribbean
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Katherine Dec 6th 2012 12:53PM
Hi! My sister found this picture and I'm not sure if she tried to comment or not. Leylon Sneed or Leylon Elizabeth Sneed Hale was my great-grandmother. The boat was built by her son and daughter-in-law and named after her. There used to be a picture of her hung over the bar. She was a wonderful Christian woman who loved to laugh, whistle, and eat oranges. She is very much so missed by her family who are spread from shore to shore.