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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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

First coats of primer and some counter tops...

The weather was great and kid and I went out to uncover the boat yesterday. It was good to see the inside of the boat for the first time in a while even if it was a mess. We started by picking up all the trash and old tools etc. She then wiped everything down and cleaned the windows and picked up her "room"(If only it was this easy to clean her room in the house). Then, we sanded the cabin house top. Thats the part that's covers her room, as she kept reminding me). When she discovered it was easier to use the electric sander than to do it the "old fashion way", things moved along quickly and we sat in the sun while putting on a couple of coats of a high build primer.


Pulling the cover off.


She makes a nice figure head.


Priming 'her roof".




Nice and white.


Counter tops, finally

This is a good place to ask...What was her mother doing while we were having such a great time? She drove up north for a couple hours to go climbing, except when they got there, she realized that neither she or her climbing partner remembered to bring a critical piece of their equipment...the rope. So,when she came back frustrated, having driven four hours in holiday traffic, while the kid and I had been having a great time sitting in the sun working on the boat, it seemed like another check in the win column for me in the ongoing battle to persuade Maya to like boats or rock climbing. (Although she did climb a local small mountain the day before so maybe it was a wash.)


Hiking Aggy.

All in all it was a great weekend.
Things with the boat are going smoothly again and while there is still a lot to do, my main focus is keeping the !@#$%*$ carpenter ants off of the boat.
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