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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Monday, October 1, 2007

Shelves, part one...

I've been putting off the shelves for one reason or another but finally got started on them tonight. The shelves are simple enough to make, just a couple of narrow pieces of Ply squeezed between the knees and bulkheads. One side cut to fit the curve/profile of the hull, the outside edge left straight to fit the teak trim rail I had varnished last winter. The shelves then sit on small blocks on the knees/bulkheads.

I cut them to fit tonight (which at 900pm made my neighbors happy), next time I'll sand and paint them white like the rest of the inside. Then cut the blocks, sand them and attach to the knees/bulkheads. Attach the trim pieces and their done.


Aft Port side. These are the Port and Strbd side pieces of ply. The piece across is the rail that will make up the edge of the shelf hold in the books, food and assorted junk.


Forward port side shelf in place. The piece on the cushion is the trim.


Forward Strbd shelf. Cut to fit the old knees, new knees and a place for the head plumbing. The piece on the shelf is the trim and the wood on the cushion are a bunch of 1/1 pieces of teak cut to make the braces/supports for the shelves. They will be cut with some kind of nice finish to any exposed edges and then varnished.

This what they should look like when done...
Cant wait to start filling them up.
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