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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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Sanding...




After making her first french toast breakfast (by herself) the kid and I went out to the boat early this morning.


She was doing her workbooks while I tried to find something useful to do. I knew I had to do some sanding/prep work on the deck, the main bulkhead and the hull, but because the kid was around and the boat looks so nice and clean now I didn't want the dust to go everywhere. So I made my self a poor mans Festool sander by connecting my orbital to the shop-vac thats been on top of the boat for the last 6 months. Now I can sand away with out worrying about any dust bothering me, the kid or making a mess in the boat.

I started with the bulkhead which looked so bad that when I first got the boat that I was thinking about putting a veneer over the bulkhead or even painting it. After a little elbow grease today though it looks great inside and out.




Then it was on to the hull. It looks so much better/cleaner and now I can start fairing/filling any scratches or nicks before painting.



The other thing I was going to day was cleaning up the ports. The caulking comes off easily but it takes patience to do a good job of it so I'll do a little at a time.
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