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The Dublin Bay S. C. Colleen. 
A SHOET time since we made mention of a new class estab- 
lished this year by the Dublin Bay Sailing Club under the 
name of Colleen, and now, through the kindness of the de- 
signer and builder of the boats, James E. Doyle, the yacht- 
builder, of Kingstown, Ireland, we are enabled to present 
the lines. , , ^. . ^ -r, n i 
The Dublin Bay Sailing Club, whose station is at Bullock, 
Kingstown, Ireland, has long since made a reputation among 
yachtsmen and boat sailors as the especial patron of open 
boat sailing and the parent of some notable restricted 
classes. Founded in 1884 with the object of promoting 
racing and sailing in small boats, at a very early period m 
its experience the necessity for special restrictions to prevent 
speedy outbuilding and to preserve the general interest of 
its members became apparent. As in all other clubs, the 
tendency soon developed on the part of a few to outbuild in 
both size and cost, thus discouraging the majority of owners, 
who were not willing to add a new boat to the fleet each sea- 
son. To meet this difficulty the original classes have been 
long since surrounded with rigid restrictions, and at the 
same time, to meet the demands for new and different craft 
additional classes have been created. One of thes^ the 
Mermaid, is very widely known, while the Water Wags, 
a class liberally patronized by the club, is even more famous. 
Both the Mermaids and the Water Wags have plumb stems 
and sternposts, or practically the same length over all aud 
■on the waterline. , , ^ 
In 1895 the club requested designers to submit plans tor a 
new class, to be 19ft. over all, 18ft. l.w.L, 6ft. beam and 2ft. 
'6in. draft, with 5cwt. of lead on the keel, a ^In. centerboard 
of not over Icwt. weight and with an exposed area of 6sq. ft.; 
a gaff mainsail, with loose foot, of 200sq. ft. area and a jib of 
50sq. ft., spinaker boom not over 9ft.; the boats to be clincher 
built, copper fastened, planked with %ia. pine, with wales, 
transom and seats of teak. Mr. Doyle, in answer to this 
tender, submitted plans for a somewhat different boat, with 
1ft. less length on waterline and 1ft. more over all, 17ft. and 
20ft. respectively, and with less draft and 6iri. more beam. 
Nothing was done at the time, but last fall the subject of the 
new class was taken up anew, and another request for plans 
sent out. The drawings of 1895 were again submitted by Mr. 
Doyle, with the addition of 2ft. aft, making a neat counter, 
and they were adopted by the club. The contract price, on 
condition that six boats were ordered at once, was £53 10s 
($263 50), and about 10^ more for a smaller number. Mr. 
Doyle is now at work on quite a fleet of the new craft. 
The drawings need little explanation; the official specifica- 
tions being very complete. The club is provided with full- 
size body plan and a set of internal moulds; the measurers, 
Messrs. Hargrave and Stephens, applying the moulds to the 
inside of each new boat before she is decked. The full speci- 
fications are as follows: 
Dublin Bay Sailing Club. 
SPECIFICATION FOE BOATS OF B CLASS TO BE KNOWN BY 
THE NAME OF COLLEENS. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Length over all 
L.W.L 
Beam 
Draft of water 
DESCRIPTION. 
Boats to be built as shown on the club drawings, with 
round stem, square transom, clincher built, and sloop- 
rigged. 
■MATERIALS OF HULL. 
Keel.— Of American elm, sided and moulded as shown on 
body plan; greatest width 6in., tapering fore and aft as 
ishown on drawings; thickness 2in. 
False Keel.— Of either red, yellow or pitch pine, or me- 
mel (pine). 
Stem and Steenpost.— Of oak, to be of natural growth as 
mear as possible to the curvature required, free from sap or 
other defects. Stem sided and moulded as on drawings, 
1, e., sided at keel Sin. and at head 3Ln.; sternpost, sided 3in., 
and moulded as on drawings. Sternpost and dead wood may 
be in one piece. 
Dead Woods.— Of oak or American elm, free from de- 
fects, moulded 13^in., sided to fit stem and keel. 
Planking. — Of best selected, seasoned yellow pine, free 
from all defects, thickness %in. (Teak top streak), widths 
not to exceed Sin. in broadest part, the planks (except 18in. 
from hoodends at bow and stern) shall overlap with the out- 
side lands the entire thickness of the plank itself, but an ar- 
ris not exceeding >^in may be taken off outside edge of 
plank. Top streak grooved for stripe. No plank to have 
more than one scarph. 
Bent Timbers.— Of American elm, sided %in., moulded 
3^in. spaced 6%in. from center to center with an >^in. arris 
off top edges. Timbers to be joggled into keel. 
Floor Timbers.— At stations 2, 6, 7, sided as frame, not 
less than IJ^in. moulded across keel, and not less than 13ia, 
on each arm. , 
Grown Timbees.— At stations marked on plan, lin. sided, 
moulded at keel 3in., at L.W.L. IJ^in., and lin. at head. 
Sufficient check out of head to admit shelf or stringer to fit 
liome to bent timbers. 
Gun Metal oe Steel Flooes.— Length of arm to be 8in. 
to C.B. case, and 13in. on frames. Section, moulded 3>^in., 
sided lin., and Min. at throat, tapered to 3€in- at point. To 
be placed on frames Nos. 3, 4 and 5. Four No. 12 screw fast- 
enings in each arm. 
Stringer or Clamp.— To be Sin. x %in. yellow pine, fitted 
close up to deck. 
Hanging Knees— Of oak to be of natural growth, as near 
23ft. 
17ft. 
6ft. 6in. 
1ft. 6in. 
