Between 1957 and 1970 Cheoy Lee produced approximatley 133 folkboats originaly sold as the the Offshore 25, better known as the Frisco Flyer.

There were three versions of this small blue-water boat. 91 in all wood and 42 in Fiberglass with wood. There were 55 Type I's and II's and 78 of the Type III's. The Type I (aka the Pacific Clipper) was an all wood boat, had a mast that was stepped through the deck, a traditional folkboat fractional rig and a smaller cabin. The Type II's had a larger teak trunk cabin and a masthead rig. The Type III's had a larger teak dog-house cabin, some "standing" headroom and a masthead rig stepped on deck. The earlier Type III's were solid teak built onto a fiberglass hull and the later Type III’s (1966-1970) were made entirely out of fiberglass with teak paneling.

This boat, Yard # 1507 is one of approximatley only 30 Type III's left. It was out of the water for the previous 16 years when I got it and then about another 5 more while I rebuilt it. It was an empty, cracked hull when given to me and needed a complete restoration/refit. It took about five years of long nights and weekends of working outside under a tarp, in the garage or in the boat during cold winter nights, wet rainy afternoons and everything in between. The occasionally eager assistant on the project was my four (now ten) year old daughter who can have this boat as soon as I convince her mother to get another one. This blog is the record of all the work that "we" have done to the boat as well as some other somewhat related events with friends and family. Eventually, this will be put together in a book which will stay with the boat.

She still has plenty more to go but for now, Jackaroe has been in the water for a couple years now and thats all that matters...

To see past projects, use the links below.



Questions and comments to Matthewearlgarthwait@gmail.com





Thursday, March 8, 2007

Boat Porn


Boat Porn: Noun. Pronunciation: Bōt Pôrn. Etymology: Greek botaspornographos. 1: The depiction of behavior, nautical in nature (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause excitement 2 : Material (as in Woodenboat magazine, books, internet forums or photographs) that depicts nautical behavior and is intended to cause excitement 3 : The depiction of the use, construction or repair of boats in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction.


A pretty common expression in our group. Its use is usually preceded by this comment.."All you guys ever do is talk about boats and look at boats in books, magazines and the Internet"


Well... it could be a lot worse.



(Hugh Heffner and Larry Flint have nothing on Crocker, Sparkman/Stevens, Day, Rhodes, Herreshoff, Alden, Mower, Crownshield etc..... )
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I was able to get out into the boat on Monday for a couple hours and grind away some of the old bench/berth tabbing and got some initial sanding done of the paint around these areas so that the new glass will have a place to adhere. Its nasty work that requires wearing protection like goggles, a hooded suit (if you don't want itch for a couple days) and a good respirator (if you want to be able to breath later in life) But for the last few days the wind has been howling here on the coast with gusts up to 40 + and the wind chill makes it feel 30 below at times (and they're reporting that its going to get even colder tonight) so I am going nowhere near the boat for at least a few days. I actually didn't sleep too much Monday/Tuesday night because of the wind. All I heard was the wind trying to rip the blue tarp off of the boat and even worse, I kept having thoughts of waking up and finding the boat lying on its side. Makes me think its time to insure this thing.

It is supposed to be nice this weekend though so I expect back out there on Saturday.

Here's a shot of the get up I'm wearing while I'm grinding and sanding the glass.......



So, for now I'm inside in the workshop for a couple days and while I'm between coats of varnish, I'm looking at the new Woodenboat Mag (REVIEW section. pg 88) which highlights the use of blogs, forums and other Internet resources for boating. There were some really good ones mentioned. I won't make links to all of them on the front page of this blog, (just the ones that look worth checking frequently) but I thought some at least deserve pointing out.. I'll add a couple of ones that I use too. If for nothing else, at least I'll know where the links are when I need them.

http://zephyrsail.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftacraft.com/
http://www.intheboatshed.net/
http://timzim.blogspot.com/
http://woodenboatblog.com/
http://www.classicboatworksofmaine.com/
http://www.toandos.com/DCole1.html
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/
http://www.mariposasailing.com/
http://www.westsystem.com/


http://www.svsereia.com/


I have a bunch more that I'll might put up later.....

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