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...

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Update from the fleet..

I've been working on a bunch of little things things lately on Jack-a-roe but unfortunately haven't taken any pictures for a while.
I know that Bumps and Bruises is going in on the 28th and seems about ready.


I got together with Steve and Charlie took some pictures of Cicada and Sacajawea the other night...

Here are the proud owners in deep thought, (Steve was in better condition than he looks)

Charlie has scraped and prepped the inside of the Sac, which was oiled/painted a hundred times over the years.

If this boat is hit by a cannon and then burns and sinks to the bottom, this butt block will still be holding fast

A couple ribs were removed and new ones are being made, steamed and put back in place

Where the old ones were.


As for Cicada,
In getting ready to be launched (20 days, but whose counting) Cicada had her interior varnished and this slowly grew into the boat getting gutted...

The table was removed,

everything in the head,

The cabin sole was stripped and prepped for varnish but not before the floorboards covering the bilge were pulled out. I guess that Steve looked in there and noticed that a lot of the fasteners were wasted and needed to be replaced (on order?
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The kid's ladder was also stripped and varnished (there's a nice varnish room set up in the barn these days) and I'm sure there's a lot more but this is it for now.
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