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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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Cicada's in...

Spent yesterday afternoon down at Rye harbor with Cicada as she gets ready to get wet,


She looks great compared to just two weeks a go. All together, refastened, varnished and ready to go.


Mimi came down to say hi to the mistress...


Had a couple of cold beverages to celebrate.


Even the kid even came down to inspect things. Nice Pussers hat!


Cicada was launched and unlike most of the wooden boats in town she went in without an issue. I guess 10 out of 12 wooden boats launched so far had to be pulled back out because they were taking on too much water. Some boats had to go in and out more than once. Cicada took on little water and after a short motor, she's swelling up in downtown Portsmouth.


As for Jack-a-roe, I spend some time last night spreading some epoxy and glassing in the floors stringers and bulkheads. I had the Treo Phone playing a Cornell 77 show to work by. Not a bad way to work on a hot summer night.

I decided to just put the chainplates on knees and 4 out of 6 of them will be attached to the bulkheads so they'll be plenty STRONG.
While I was out there last night, I had a chance to inspect every inch of the sheerclamp/hull to body joint really well and with the exception of the already known problem area, the boat is in good shape. I'll be adding some epoxy in places but for the most part, it looks really sound.

Next step is to put the knees in...or maybe the ballast??...
What I should do is clean the boat out, its a mess..
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