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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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Moorings....

In getting started with the boat project again, I started thinking about the twenty year wait for moorings in this area and thought I should finally get on the list. Maybe if I get on the list now, the kid will be able to put the boat on a mooring by the time she's ready to head off for college.


Using the form, I picked out the mooring spots about seven of the usual favorite areas.
On the form its asks for the boats registration numbers, HIN numbers etc.
This boat has none because it predates the HIN requirement.
I tell the DMV this. they tell me I need to have someone from Marine patrol verify that there is no existing identification numbers on it.
I call them. Marine Patrol tells me they can take a look at it and to bring it down. The boat is 25 feet long, sir and it would cost me a couple hundred bucks to do that. They offered to put me on the list and they will come around and look at it in the spring or summer. I beg or growl or something and they then tell me that the local PD can also do it.
I call the local PD. they say that they cant, they don't have the forms and that town hall should have them.
I call town hall they say that they don't have the forms and that the DMV should have them.
I call the DMV, marine patrol, the local police a couple more times and now I'm waiting for a call from a supervisor from Marine Patrol who will hopefully send over some guy to try and verify that I didn't steal this boat etc.

Maybe she wont get a mooring before college.
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