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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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thoughts on the new decking...

With most of the port lights finished I'm on to thinking about the next step which will be the Deck.

The first step in prepping the area for work was to tackle the apparently dangerous** task of removing the rub rail from the sides of the boat. The reason to remove it is because there are some bolts which were loose anyways and that created some space in places between the rub rail and the boat, which allowed some water and "stuff" to work it way in there. The other reason is because in an effort to make the deck to hull joint as strong as possible I want the fiberglass of the deck to extend past the edge of the deck down over the outside of the deck to hull joint. I'll use the bulwark/toe rail to cover the edge of the fiberglass as well as the new rub rail. It should make for a really strong and stiff boat.

With this piece off now, its onto sanding grinding the existing deck to a surface that will adhere well to the new epoxy/decking/glass. This means purchasing more epoxy, marine ply and glass which is made complicated because of the recent household order that calls for a temporary stoppage on all boat related purchases.

The deck currently has a 1/4 inch of ply down and I want to at least double that. The PO didn't finish the decking job and kind of left it , like the rest of the boat to weather. I want to at least double the thickness of the deck and bring it up to the right height. Then I'll attach new deck to the old deck with carriage bolts and large washers. This will hold it down flush and tight. Once this is on, I'll start the glassing. One, maybe two layers in the main field and and extra layer or two where the hardware/stanchions, winches etc will go.

I would like to get started on the deck this weekend. We'll see if there is a creative way around the fiscal freeze.


**In removing the rail last night, I ended up whacking my self in the bridge of my nose with the board which was under a lot of pressure and resulted in a lot of pressure being put upon my nose.
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