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 23, 2007

Portlight Progress....

FINALLY BACK TO WORK ON THE BOAT!!!!!

After a busy month of visiting friends and lots friends visiting us, I am back to work on the boat.

I got started with the portlights. This morning I scraped any left over/old caulking off of the portlight openings with a chisel, then I "primed" any areas of bare wood with Epoxy. The Boat life caulk I was using to bed the glass cautions against using it on bare teak because of the oils in the wood and recommends sealing it/priming it with something first. Since I had used West System on the rest of the cabin house as a base coat for the varnish, I decide to keep things consistent and kept on using it. A couple of the glass pieces were slightly off from the templates I sent to have cut. I had to chisel out any high ares to make room for the glass. **

The next thing was to apply generous amounts of caulk on into the openings, put the glass in place, push it in place, squeezing out the excess caulk, then apply more caulk to cover any possible gaps, next I put the trim pieces on over that and screwed them down tight to again squeeze out the excess caulk and sealing the glass in.



A shot of the trim pieces, caulk, the new glass (wrapped in paper) and a jar full of bronze screws
a few weeks back I had stripped, sanded and put a couple thick coats of epoxy on the trim pieces on both sides turning them into rock hard pieces of plastic that look like wood.

1. empty opening


2. dry fit and shaping the opening to fit the new glass


3. applying plenty of caulk probably alot more than I need


4. adding the trim pieces then screwing them down tight



Plenty of caulk here too


This is an inside shot of opening portlight

Just about finished with this project. Only one more to go. I need to let them cure for a few days before trimming off the excess caulk, bung all the screw holes, clean up any mess and move on to the deck

**I think if the glass were to ever break, it would be from not having enough room to move in between the cabin house and the trim pieces. the glass fits so snug in the groove in the cabinhouse that if the wood were to swell much, it could out a lot of pressure on the glass. This is the way its been for decades with this boat and I know that the wood has expanded plenty over the years with out breaking the glass so it will probably be fine.
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