Java Arraylist Port To VB?

My problem is I coded an arraylist of 2D arrays of string in java but the stupid GUI creator does not handle control arrays so I decided to port this to VB.I declared my arraylist like this in java:

ArrayList<String[][]> mytable = new ArrayList<String[][]>();
mytable.add(new String[5][17]);

There is logic to control the x and y parameters, but basically, I load my arraylist like this:

for (i = 0 ; i < sToken.length ; i++)
mytable.get(x)[y][i]=sToken[i];

I was thinking initially:

mylist = New ArrayList
Dim mytable(5, 17) As String

mylist.add(mytable.Clone) as this will continuously add a blank array but I am unsure of the syntax on how to fill it or or if this will work.