The Colleen is a one-design wooden sailing keelboat originally designed for sailing in Dublin Bay, Ireland.
It was felt that a One-Design would ensure that boats did not become outdated within a short number of years.
It was designed for the Dublin Bay Sailing Club in 1896 by James E. Doyle, one of Kingstown's leading yacht designers and builders.
[1] The Colleen is a half-decked gaff-rigged centreboard day boat with the centreboard case fixed externally under the boat.
The class stopped sailing in Dublin Bay in the early 1900s.
Many of the Argentinian boats were renamed with stone names (Sapphire, Pearl, Beryl...).
Yachting historian Hal Sisk built the replica "Colleen Bawn" in 2003 - in glass-reinforced plastic.
Hollwey- based in John Rogerstown Quay, Dublin Docklands, south of the Liffey.
Atkinson- based in Bullock Harbour, County Dublin.
Doyle- based in Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire.)
Subsequently renamed Owl, Wasp and Ruby.
Subsequently renamed Bonita, Manzanita, Daphne, and Beryl.
Subsequently renamed Tero, Jasper, Hallyon, Nerophar.
Subsequently renamed Pearl, Beba and Elena.
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