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. 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's been out of the water for the last 16 (now 20) years. It was an empty hull when given to me and needs a complete restoration/refit. The eager assistant on the project is my four (now eight) year old daughter who should own the boat someday. 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. After launching, this will be put together in a book which will stay with the boat.
It took about four years of nights and weekends of working in the garage or crawling out into the boat during cold winter nights or wet rainy afternoons, waiting for the weather to reach 50+ degrees, waiting for alot of things. She in now though and thats all that matters....
To see past projects, use the links below.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rowing out to the boat...



Maya insisted on rowing me out to the boat. After getting down to the dock and moving Steves huge beast of a dinghy off of mine, Maya took over and rowed us out. I know I will eventually get a outboatd that works well but for now, I love rowing. Its more like hiking, you get to hear and appriciate the experience of getting there more. It was just us and a few seagulls. Still, a dependable outboard would be nice too when you need to get some place quick....
Posted by Matthew Garthwait at 6:40 AM
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