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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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Companion way part 1...

I had every intention on sanding the hull to finish the prep for painting but ended up staring at the bare, open hole that is supposed to be the companion way. I grabbed some teak I had and started making a mock up for the trim pieces and "threshold" Not sure if that is what Its supposed to be called but its the bottom piece. I've been using a number of books on this boat project but the one that I am modeling the companionway after is "How to build a wooden boat" . Its a simple design which he took from Sam Crocker, I think and I've seen essentially the same design on other boats including my friend's Sparkman and Stevens (Cicada). The one thing that my friends S & S has is a stainless rail embedded in the slot that the boards drop into. It gives it a real strong feeling and seems built to last, so I may copy this on Jack-a Roe.

So I cut the pieces to fit and didn't have piece of teak big enough for the "threshold" so I used red oak. I wont use this in the end but used it because it was the only piece I had in the shop at the time that would fit. Trying to hold all the pieces in place while attempting to slide the drop boards in is a real pain. I had a bunch of clamps holding everything and eventually all of it would come crashing down when I tried to slide the boards in. Finally, it worked and amazingly it fit with almost no room to spare.

Until this boat project, I struggled with cutting things to fit well. Every home project seemed to be cut too long and was pounded into place or was cut too short and the difference was filled with putty or caulk. I seem to have finally have the knack for it. Or maybe I just care a lot more about this boat than home projects. Anyways, the pieces are cut and I still have to go out and buy one more piece of teak before gluing it all in place.

I didn't take photos of the companion project so far but this is a picture of Cicada's and its basically what I expect mine to look like. I took this shot the other afternoon when we went out for a quick after work sail. (See Small Regatta post)

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