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, May 31, 2008

Filling and fairing

This week's free time went to sanding and fairing the topsides. All the nick's, cracks and crazing were filled with a two part epoxy then sanded down. Next the whole boat was given a couple coats ( one brush coat and two rolled coats) of a high build one part epoxy primer. The primer left a lot of high spots and inconsistencies on the surface and was then sanded very smooth over the course of several hours. It was helpful to do the whole boat once so that it appears perfect, fair and smooth, then go back out on a different day/time in different light and find that a whole new bunch of high spots and inconsistencies are now visible. I did this a few times and the hull is really looking great. When this and the cabin house roof are ready to paint, I'll have to decide whether to do this my self or find someone else to do it for me.





It may be hard to see but I was trying to show the surface before and after 45 minutes of sanding this one area.
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