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.



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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Ballast...

After some more digging and scraping, I was able to get out all of the crumbling concrete that was on top and on the sides of the giant iron pigs that make up the ballast, but theres still some wet concrete underneath. There seems to be about two inches between the bottom of the keel and the bottom of the pigs that needs to dry out and or come out. I drilled a couple of three inch holes in the bottom of the keel to allow air in and I'll try and get as much of it out as I can reach. I plan on working on the rest of the projects while this really dries out. Water has just sat in there for years and years and if any of it, ballast concrete, fiberglass etc is going to be repaired right, then it needs to completley dry. Then down the road, I'll add new concrete and glass/epoxy it all in. I'd really like to find something better than concrete though.




Here's a couple of pictures of what it looks like now...





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