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





Sunday, June 3, 2007

CL Association Clippers and Flyers

These are the Flyers and Pre-Flyers (Clippers) from the Cheoy Lee Association website. There are a lot more mentioned on their website but these are the only ones who have submitted pictures of their boats. As more people eventually send photos in to the CLA of their boats, I'll probably add them here too for my own use in restoring Jack-a-roe. It's a good resource for communicating with other CL owners and to look at the other boats out there as a reference and guide. A lot of the contact information of the owners doesn't seem to be up to date but hopefully this will chance too.

The ones close to Jack-a roe are the 64's tp 66's. Before 64 they were more of a Type II and after 65 while mabye a type III they had a glass dog house covered with Wood as opposed to an all wood dog house like Jack-a-roe....


Speaking of the CLA...James and Cilla, who started and run the CLA website (in their free time) have created a valuable resource for all of the CL owners out there and we should all be thankful to them. Its been VERY HELPFUL for me to communicate with other CL owners.

Thanks!

All of these photos are from: http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/Owners/friscoowners.htm


Flyers...

"WitchCraft" - 1964 Frisco Flyer III...

"Dragon Lady" - 1964 Frisco Flyer II...

"SEA MONKEY" - 1965 Frisco Flyer III...

"Serenity" - 1964 Frisco Flyer...

"Kolibri" - 1966 Frisco Flyer III...

"Kilohana" - 1964 Frisco Flyer III...

"Nirvana" - 1967 Frisco Flyer ...



Clippers....

"SUMATRA" - Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer, Type II..

"ZDENKA" - Frisco Flyer, Type II...

1959 Cheoy Lee Pacific Clipper Hull # 740 "Dulcinea" (for sale)...



"Jin Long" - 1962 Frisco Flyer ...


"Kuanyin" - 1963 Pacific Clipper...

"Magic Dragon" - 1963 Frisco Flyer II
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