1887 JOHN WIELAND

Object/Artifact

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Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club

Name/Title

1887 JOHN WIELAND

Entry/Object ID

1887 Wieland

Tags

Boats

Description

The wooden boat JOHN WIELAND, a Six-Sweep-Oared, Sliding-Seat Lapstrake Barge.

Use

San Francisco Bay: recreation, regattas, ready for any challenge.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Al Rogers
Jon Bielinski

Date made

1887

Place

City

San Francisco

State/Province

California

Notes

The WIELAND has required numerous repairs in its lengthy history. The most recent major renovation was by Jon Bielinski and many volunteers using the Dolphin Club boat shop. From 1991 to 1997 the barge was rebuilt to new condition. Copies of sheets all 6 sheets of showing lines, scaled lines, measurements, and construction detail drawings are included in this entry. Sheets 4, 5, 6 were framed and hung in Main Boathouse (Artifact 322) in March 2021.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

HAER number CA-2360

Notes

March 2019: Julia Hechanova took the WIELAND lofting (full size drawing of the 40’ Pleasure Barge) to the Library of Congress (LOC), specifically to the HAER (Historic American Engineering Records), a database maintained by the NPS on behalf of the LOC, to permit them to scan the full size drawing for HAER collections. August 2023 update: The original lofting drawings by Jon Bielinski are at the Dolphin Club. Jon did the drawings in 1991 at the start of the renovation. These were retraced in CAD by HAER and and are now numbered as sheets 1, 2, and 3 of 6. Julia Hechanova pulled lines from the WIELAND lofting to create sheets 4, 5, and 6 which are scaled lines, measurements, and construction detail drawings (including a table of offsets as well as scantlings/ materials) which were also donated to HAER Collections. The WIELAND's assigned HAER number is CA-2360. The 6 sheets of drawings and the history written by Richard Cooper are posted on this site: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ca4418/

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Length and beam of boat

Width

58 in

Length

40 ft

Weight

588 lb

Dimension Notes

Oar length 13 feet and 46" handle to button; Original drawings of scale lines and details are on 24" x 36" pages.

Materials

Material

Wood

Material Notes

Port Orford cedar planking and various hard woods. Copper rivets and brass fittings. Le Tonkinois Varnish.

Location

Building

Dolphin Club

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Acquisition

Notes

Following the death of John Wieland in 1885, his family commissioned the barge and gave it to the Dolphin Club.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

John Wieland

Notes

Boat named for Dolphin Club founder John Wieland

Related Publications

Publication

WoodenBoat

Notes

Magazine article "San Francisco's Oldest Rowing Clubs" by Jon Bielinski, 1981 Issue, No. 40, Page 46. Magazine article "The John Wieland Rows Again" by John Kortum, Jul/Aug 2000 Issue, No. 155, Page 37-39.

Publication

San Francisco Chronicle

Notes

Newspaper article "Labor of Love - Restoring the Wieland" by Carl Nolte, Thursday July 3, 1997.

Web Links and URLs

Video of the Wieland in a Regatta by Anna MacKinnon , Library of Congress HAER Entry

Research Notes

Notes

See details on 1996 photo montage of WIELAND in Photographs Framed folder.

General Notes

Note

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