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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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Another Flyer for sale...

Found a new Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer in Washington. Its a '66 and seems to be in great shape from the pictures. Although, I would always like to see more).

Looks to have teak decks, fiberglass hull which is expected and also a fiberglass cabin house and cockpit area, both mostly surfaced over with wood. Looks to be mostly original although some things appear to have been replaced or rebuilt over the years such as the "new" grab rails (the truth is they could be ten or even twenty years old at this point) on the cabin house, the boom is hard to tell if it is original or not, (my guess is that it is not because I seem to remember that even while the Pacific Clippers had a boom set up that looked like this, the Flyers, even the 66's had "boom furlers"), the cabinetry down below looks from the pictures to be rebuilt as well. The cushions are also "new". All in all though, from the couple of photos they had on the site, it looks to be either in excellent shape or really well cared for.

The price seems fair to me too. Check it out for your self.....


http://www.boats.com/listing/boat_details.jsp?entityid=18029681



I can't really tell if there is a Dragon on this boat but I would guess that if there was one, they would have shown it in a photo.
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