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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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

More salon progress....SEATS!

There's a problem with adding photos to the other post re the salon progress, so I had to make a new post to add these.....

I started tabbing the settee berths into place and put the plywood seats on top to make sure it was all going to fit. I had to rebuild some of the drawers slides and frame because the older pieces were damaged or rotten. I used the old ones as a model and made new pieces out of Oak. I still have to finish building the rest of the supporting structure but its finally starting to look like a boat in there and not just a hollow shell!

The drawers fit perfect. Cant wait to fill them up with junk!


The profile of the new knees was copied from the existing knees supporting the cabin house and to me, they match the boat much better than the smaller, straighter knees I've seen on other rebuilt Flyers. The bulkhead (like everything else in there) needs some finish coats of paint.

Now to add the side cabinets...
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