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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Friday, January 25, 2008

Jackaroe is a registered vessel!

I was finally able to get Marine Patrol to come out to the house and take a look at the boat. Once they were here they said, "oh boy thats old, no wonder there isn't any HIN" and gave me the piece of paper I needed to register at the DMV it as MINE, its not stolen, not missing but all MINE. I got this boat on the 28th of last January and it took until the 25th of January this year to get it registered.

One thing that was interesting was that they didn't have a code for Cheoy Lee's. I guess there just isn't as many of these around as there used to be. The other thing is that the company is focusing less on sailboats these days and more on the larger luxury vessels. Not a lot of call for those fancy big motor yachts 'round these parts.

With the registration done and the "new" 12 digit fed numbers, I was finally able to get on the mooring wait-list! Now the big task is to make sure I get the boat done in time to get wet this spring.

(The drawing underneath is a Grateful Dead logo that the kid colored for me last Halloween. )
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