SHAMROCKS. Courtesy Dr. William A. Bellamy. 



SHAMROCK 



The Shamrock is an iii/o-foot cat-rigged plywood dinghy designed in 

 1946 by WiUiam B. Nichols and built by his company ( 1401 Middleharbor 

 Rd., Oakland, Calif.). There are sixty of them, chiefly in the San Francisco 

 Bay area, where they are now raced actively by the Belvedere Sailing 

 Society. Dr. William A. Bellamy (450 Sutter St., San Francisco 8, Calif.) 

 is the Fleet Captain and recommends the Shamrocks highly. Price is $795 

 new, used $350. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. ii'/'; waterline 11^4^2''; beam 4'/'; 

 draft without board 7", with board 3V; sail area 72 sq. ft. (no spinnaker); 

 weight 160 lbs.; trailable; racing crew, two. 



SHIELDS CLASS 



"Shields Does It Again" might well have been the title of an article which 

 appeared in the New York Times on January 18, 1962. For it was then 

 announced that the man who founded the famous International One De- 

 sign Class in 1936 was to be the founder of a new racing class which 

 might well turn out to be a "farm class" for the earlier boats. 



"The creation of a one-design class that may become important in local, 

 national, and international sailing competition," said the Times, "has been 

 made possible through a gift to two maritime colleges by Cornelius Shields, 

 Sr. of Larchmont, N.Y. The United States Merchant Marine Academv 

 (Kings Point, Long Island, N.Y.) and the United States Coast Guard Acad- 

 emy (New London, Conn.) were the recipients of a gift to be applied to- 

 wards the design and construction of twelve fiber-glass sloops, 3o'2^" 

 in overall length, to be designed by Sparkman and Stephens." 



178 THE SAILBOAT CLASSES OF NORTH AMERICA 



