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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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Lots of progress...

There's been so more progress on the boat that I'm not sure where to start...The remaining big projects were the rudder, which was still in several pieces with huge chunks of iron corroding, expanding and twisting the wood, the mast (box construction)was still in two pieces, the bottom and sides were already epoxied together, the whole thing has been lined with carbon fiber and coated in epoxy but it needed to be wired and the top had to go on, then spreaders lights, sail track/hardware, varnish etc. All of the deck hardware needed to be installed, lights wired, motor well glassed in/tabbed, the chain plates were to be hung on the knees I made but after more than a few couple sleepless nights, I changed my mind and knew that they needed to be hung on the outside of the hull. All these things were completed since then and more. I've been taking pictures along the way but I have been working on project after project for months. The plan was to go in last week. I called and even had the local haulers ready to go. This really pushed me to get everything done and to focus on the more important issues with the boat and not to get caught up in the bronze polishing or tinkering with the head etc. (which I still seemed to get distracted by) The boat wasn't ready to go in because the motor still needs to go in, BUT everything else is done and by the time the motor is ready, so will all the other little things.
Besides the motor being out, the next big deal is the toe rail. Its still off, but ready to go on the next warm day as long as I have some help (For three years, I didn't ask for any help except from my always eager kid, but I'm learning to accept help from all my friends especially as the weather gets warmer and summer break gets closer!)
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