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, November 3, 2007

NH weather...

So the kid is in PR for 10 days to help her grandparents install a generator in their boat down there. The plan was that I would use the time to finish the deck on jack a roe. For the first few days neither Maki or I finished work until 7, 8 and 9 pm, so there wasn't much of a chance to get much done. Then the plan was to do the work on Thursday which had a fair forecast. The day came and the forecast changed so again not much was done. Then the plan was to work on the deck on Saturday (today) because the weather was supposed to be nice. Unfortunately, now the remnants of a hurricane are rolling through the coast and the forecast is calling for steady hard rains, coastal flooding with wind blowing 25 with gusts up to 65 mph. Now not only cant I get the work done, I'm also worried about the boat cover being blown off.

I have the marine ply and gallons of epoxy just waiting for good weather. The weather is supposed to be sunny and 60 tomorrow.

We'll see.
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