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.



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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Green 68 Flyer...



There is a great looking Type III Flyer on the Yachtword website. Its a 68, all fiberglass and probably a really strong boat. Except for the color of the cabin house, the boat looks to be as original down to the Volvo MD1. Still has teak decks too. The seller's add has a lot of great pictures for me to use in the restoration of Jack a Roe**.


I notice that on this Flyer the Back stays are attached to the deck rather than to chainplate-like straps on the earlier ones.


Nice shot of the cabinet side. They made the opening for the plates etc larger too, probably to make it easier to get the stuff in and out of there. The shelves are deeper than I've seen on the 65-67s. you need to make the best use of every inch of space on boats this small. I like the way these cabinet tops fold out over the swinging arm extension. I have a couple of these arm and want to work them into the new design for the counter tops....we'll see.


Nice stove. Something I've thought about but probably not a design like this one and no time soon. The table is different, I wonder where they stow it when not in use.

See the add and lots of pictures here...
https://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1746802&ybw=&units=Feet&currency=USD&access=Public&listing_id=1438&url=


** I dont post these pictures of other Flyers to sell or promote but to use only as a visual resource for my own and maybe other people's projects on building/rebuilding these boats. Because there isnt many left its always good to see what others have done. I seem to post these other Flyers when I dont have much of my own to post.
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