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...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Volvo broken down and "cleaned" up...


Basically, this was/is a learning experience for me. The Volvo, being a single cylinder diesel is a very simple motor for me to work on. I've never done this but the huge simple parts make it very easy to understand and work on.

Like the Johnson outboard, I just scrubbed this thing as clean as I could get it and then broke it down being careful to take lots of pictures as I went along. To my novice eyes, the major components looked to be in serviceable shape and I think I have found the rest of what I may need on line (for the right price). To have someone else do all of this would be easier but expensive and I wouldn't learn anything so it makes sense to me to tool around on this myself.


This thing in its current state could almost be taken apart a little more, dipped and painted the original color before assembly. We'll see how much that costs.
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