Audacity — Bud MacIntosh Schooner

Built in 1970 by the legendary New Hampshire wooden boat builder David “Bud” McIntosh — a craftsman whose work is celebrated among wooden boat enthusiasts worldwide — this 62-foot schooner is a rare opportunity to own a piece of living maritime history. With copper rivet-fastened mahogany hull planking over oak frames, varnished teak cap rails, and spruce spars stepped on keel, Audacity is a testament to the art of traditional boatbuilding. She is schooner-rigged with a Marconi mainsail and gaff-headed foresail, and her bronze hardware throughout speaks to the quality and care of her construction and maintenance. Below decks, three distinct living areas offer comfortable cruising accommodations: a forward workspace with head, a generous main cabin with settee berths and a well-equipped galley featuring both a kerosene Shipmate stove and a wood/coal burning stove, and an aft cabin with navigation station and quarter berths. She is ready for extended blue-water passages or coastal cruising in equal measure. Power comes from a reliable Westerbeke/Perkins 4-236 85HP diesel, with 150 gallons of fuel capacity and Edson worm-gear steering complemented by both an Autohelm 6000 autopilot and an Aries wind vane — serious offshore capability in a classic package. Recent work includes aft fuel tank refurbishment (2022), a stainless steel freshwater tank (2012), and keel bolt replacement (2005). Audacity is currently being stored for the season at Belmont Boatworks and is ready for her next chapter of sailing joy.

Interior Layout and Accommodations

• Work Space Cabin
• Furthest forward is open access to  ground tackle locker with work space area immediately aft with tool storage, bench and vise. Marine toilet / Head, pump and holding tank also located to port in workspace area followed by a sitting, storage area to port, hanging lockers to starboard and bookshelves on one the foreword bulkheads.

Main Cabin

• Next aft is the main cabin, with settee berths (port and starboard) along with storage lockers located outboard and above the bunks.  The starboard settee can be widened with an insert to create a double berth. A dining table, with storage and folding leaves is centered between the two settees.
• Continuing aft in the Main Cabin is the Galley Area with a porcelain sink (aft) provided with both fresh and salt water via dedicated hand pumps. Cooking maybe done on either a 3-burner Shipmate kerosene stove and oven located to port and forward in the Galley Area or by use of a Shipmate wood / coal burning stove with oven both located outboard of the galley counter and sink. Opposite (to starboard) of the stoves and sink is a large well-insulated, under-counter ice box  and galley pantry locker and continuing aft (along the starboard side) is the passageway to the aft cabin.

Aft Cabin

• Navigation station located forward and to port in the Aft Cabin with hanging and storage lockers to starboard. The main engine is located on center line between the navigation station (to port) and lockers (to starboard) with the top of the engine box making for a comfortable seat either to attend to the ship’s navigation or a place to don your sea boots before venturing up the companionway (aft) to the cockpit.
• Finally there are quarter berths (port and starboard) towards the aft end of the Aft Cabin with storage lockers above and outboard of the berthing spaces.

Hull, Deck and Cabin Construction

• Full keel with cut-away forefoot and keel-hung rudder underwater configuration
• Copper rivet fastened, Mahogany hull planking and transom over Oak frames, stem, back bone, etc.
• Cast Iron ballast keel
• Solid Mahogany plank rudder with bronze strap pintles and gudgeons
• White Pine decks (painted) over Oak deck frames and carlins
• Varnished Mahogany king plank, covering boards and margin planks
• Varnished Teak cap rails
• Varnished solid Mahogany cabin sides with dovetailed corners
• Marine plywood cabin tops with fiberglass cloth overlay and painted finish

Deck Hardware and Features (aft to fore)

• Bronze main sail sheet  traveler
• Bronze stern line hawse(s) port an starboard
• Bronze rod stern cleats port and starboard on inner-boomkin
• Lazarette locker mushroom vent
• Bronze sockets for main boom gallows
• Lazarette locker hatch
• Emergency rudder post / tiller head
• Varnished Locust lifeline stanchions port and starboard
• Cockpit with steering, engine control, helm compass and sheet winches (port and starboard coamings
• Aft cabin with sliding companionway hatch, varnished teak handrails, bronze opening ports (4ea) and cabin heater chimney / “Charlie Nobel”
• Spring line cleats and hawse(s) port and starboard
• Bronze foresail sheet traveler
• Forward cabin with sliding companionway hatch, butterfly opening hatch, varnished teak handrails, Bronze opening ports (8ea) and cabin heater chimney / “Charlie Nobel”
• Bronze staysail sheet traveler
• Forepeak scuttle hatch with opening hatch, bronze opening ports (2ea) in hatch sides and fixed port with Bronze trail ring in hatch top.
• Bronze bow / anchor line cleat
• Bronze anchor windlass
• Bronze mushroom vent for chain locker
• Bow sprit with head sail fitting, staysail fitting and support rigging
• Anchor rollers port and starboard of bow sprit

Spars and Rigging

• Schooner rigged with Marconi main sail and   Gaff-Headed fore sail
• Glued solid Spruce masts (Main and Fore) with varnished finish stepped on keel
• Solid Spruce booms (Main and Fore) with varnished finish
• Solid Spruce gaff (Fore) with varnished finish
• Solid Spruce self-tacking staysail club with varnished finish
• Solid Spruce bow sprit and boom kin with painted finish (White)
• Stainless steel standing rigging with bronze bottle screw adjusters
• Traditional 3-strand Dacron running rigging
• Bronze travelers for main sail, fore sail and self-tacking jib sheets
• Primary Sheet Winches: Lewmar #48 Bronze, two-speed, self-tailing
• Secondary Sheet Winches: Lewmar #44 Bronze, two-speed, self-tailing
• Halyard winch
• Reefing / Outhaul Winch: South Coast Bronze single-speed

Sails and Canvas

• All sails Dacron cloth
• Main Sail
• Fore Sail
• Staysail
• Jib
• Sail Covers

Propulsion and Fuel Systems and Equipment

• Auxiliary Propulsion: Westerbeke / Perkins 4-236, 4-Cylinder, 85HP diesel engine
• Engine panel with status gauges for oil pressure and amperage in cockpit
• Kobelt Bronze single-lever engine control for throttle and transmission in cockpit
• Engine shut-off in cockpit
• Groco raw water filter / strainer
• Traditional Bronze flax-packing style stuffing box
• Shaft log with cutlass bearing
• Stainless steel propellor shaft (2”)
• Bronze propellor, fixed 2-blade.
• Total Fuel Capacity: 150 Gallons
• Two (2ea) fuel storage tanks  (75 gallons each) in bilge areas
• One (1ea) fuel day tank (15 gallons)
• Racor fuel / water separator filter

Steering Equipment

• Varnished Teak and Mahagony spoked steering wheel
• Edson worm gear steering system
• Bronze rudder post
• Solid Mahogany and Bronze strap rudder
• Keel-hung rudder with bronze pintles and gudgeons
• Bronze tiller head in cockpit for emergency steering
• Autohelm 6000 autopilot
• Aries Wind Vane steering

Electrical Systems and Equipment

• 12-Volt DC ship’s systems
• Separate battery banks for engine start and ship’s systems
• Perko 4-position main battery switch
• 12-Volt DC circuit panel
• Heart Interface Model HF-600-12 Inverter

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Helm Compass: Danforth Constellation in Edson Bronze and cut-glass binnacle in cockpit
• Tell-Tale Compass: Danforth Constellation in forward cabin
• Garmin GPS / Chart plotter
• Aquameter Super Cheater depth sounder
• VHF Radio
• Autohelm 6000 autopilot
• Weems and Plath ships clock (forward cabin)
• Weems and Plath ships clock (aft cabin)
• Weems and Plath barometer (aft cabin)

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems and Equipment

• Freshwater Capacity: 125 Gallons
• Porcelain galley sink
• Manually operated freshwater hand pump
• Manually operated saltwater hand pump
• Manually operated marine toilet
• Marine toilet plumbed for discharge overboard or discharge to holding tank for shore side pump out.
• Bladder-style black water tank / never used
• Blackwater Capacity: 14 Gallons (approximate)

Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment

• Anchor rollers port and starboard on bow sprit
• Primary Anchor: Rocna 55 lb. plow-style anchor with 200’ chain
• Additional Anchor: 60 lb. Danforth-style anchor
• Additional Anchor: Fisherman-style folding anchor
• Several additional chain & rode combinations
• Bronze two speed anchor windless

Dewatering Equipment

• Whale Gusher 30 high-capacity manual bilge pump

Additional Equipment

• Docking lines and fenders
• Boat hook
• Cape Dory sailing dinghy (11’)

Recent Work and Upgrades

• 2022: Refurbished aft fuel tanks
• 2012 Stainless steel fresh water tank 2012.
• 2010: Frame repair by Belfast Boatworks
• 2008: New foremast stainless shrouds
• 2005: Keel bolts were replaced