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, February 2, 2008

Mast started...

Finally started on the mast this weekend!

When I had the boat and mast delivered here last January, the mast (because it was left outside for years) literally fell apart when it was picked up. The only thing holding it together was the hardware. There were plenty of jokes about scrapping it and using the wood from the old mast to make new fly rods for fishing. Well, a year later it's finally on its way back from the dead.


The construction is simple enough. It's essentially a long oval box with the Port and Strbd sides wider than the leading and the aft sides. All four pieces are each made up of two staves scarfed together. The scarfs are staggered so that no two joints line up. Once all the pieces are together, the inside is a hollow with the exception of a piece of blocking at the foot of the mast and another in the center where the spreaders are. The blocking is just a piece of wood to create more rigidity in an are in which needs more support than the rest. The blocking in the middle was the only place in which there was any rot, so this will be the only piece that will need to be re-made. But not today.



Basically all we did today was a lot of talking and planning. We eventually decided on a plan to put it all together again by joining the Port and Strbd pieces first, then to do the same to the forward and aft piece. (The aft piece also holds the sail track. The sail track unfortunately goes right over the scarf to be re joined, so the whole track will need to come off before doing that one. ) Today we sanded and cleaned the scarf joints, applied just West System on both sides, then mixed up a batch of West with filler added. We made sure the edges were straight and clamped everything down for the night. This is what it looks like night now.














I hope to get all the scarfs "glued" back together in the next couple of days, then build/replace the piece of blocking that rotted, next get the wiring squared away and then when I'm ready to put the box back together I'll have to get a bunch of friends together to help out.




It's winter in NH so people are a little "boat starved" and willing to do just about anything to be around boats, they'll even drink beer while watching epoxy dry...
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