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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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Small Regatta...

I was able to get some work some work done on the shelves and planned on finishing them at the end the day when I had some free time when I got a call asking if I wanted to go for a quick sail. I met the guys down at the club and after a quick dinghy ride out to Cicada we were off. It was about 330pm and the wind was up. That would have been nice enough but I then got a call telling me to stay on the boat because the kid was going to play with her friends (the real owners of Cicada) and to just show up later for dinner. Sounded great and we headed back out to sea where we were met by a Concordia yawl looking for an unplanned wooden boat regatta. The Concordia came out of the starboard quarter and we turned to greet it. She passed us on our port side and that went by (literally) with little comment from us, other than to say “that’s a good looking boat”. She then came about to pass us on the starboard side. The details of who was faster then who etc is being debated but needless to say, after it tried to round us again, she had our full attention. We sat up, put our drinks down, cleaned up the lines and sheeted in the main. Steve even put the center board down, which I can’t remember being used in the last five years or so.

Some photos of the "regatta"….

First pass..


Commenting...


Pass on the starboard side...


Heading home....
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