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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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Table...

Put the table on the boat for the first time.

It's a smart design and reminds me a lot of the kind of the original equipment that came with my 1971 Volkswagen camper bus. The bus was designed as the Folks-Wagon and this design was commissioned as the Folks-Boat and each made the best economical use of small space. Its a coincidence that my bus had some original parts which made it a stand out among the other restored old buses. One thing in particular was the small table that went between the front seats. In the Flyer, I also have the original table and haven't seen it on any of the other restored Flyers. There is an opening in the cockpit sole for the leg and another opening in the sole of the Salon for eating inside. (I( think the opening that was there was incorrect and a mistake was made when it was restored last...more on this later). There are two brackets which were meant to stow the leg when its not in use. I have to find a nice out of the way place to stow this. There is also a bracket to stow the table itself. I'm not sure where this could go, maybe in the closet or under the companion way step? The table has a "toe rail" around the edge to keep things from sliding off and there are two settings when opening it. All the way open for eating and partially open for looking at charts???. There is also a long drawer with two compartments for holding charts or silverware etc...

Looks like four people could sit around it comfortably and even my long legs fit under it.


Now to eat breakfast....
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