Cedar — Bud MacIntosh Sloop

Cedar was designed and built by famed New Hampshire boat builder Bud McIntosh in his shop at Dover Point along the banks of the Piscataqua River and launched in 1965 under the name Go Go Girl. She spent many happy years under her first ownership sailing out of Chatham, MA and York, ME before being sold to new ownership and mostly out of sight and out of mind until found by Maynard Bray in 2018 sitting covered from sight and the elements in a field in Vermont. Maynard wrote about this find in his series of articles for WoodenBoat magazine entitled “Save A Classic” and that article was read with great interest by boat builder Paul Rollins for whom her original designer / builder, Bud McIntosh had been a mentor. Paul Rollins contacted the owner of Cedar (ex Go Go Girl) and acquired the boat with the idea of refitting her as a nice little retirement project. As these things go there’s always more work to be done than originally seen to the eye and what was intended to be a refit evolved into an almost complete restoration (nicely documented in the WoodenBoat article “Bringing Go Go Girl Home” by Randall Peffer). Relaunched in 2023 and available for inspection by interested parties, Cedar is now ready for yet another 50+ years of sailing (or more).

Interior Arrangement and Details

• Furthest forward is chain locker with access from forward cabin by way of opening in forward bulkhead
• Next aft is forward sleeping cabin with accommodations for two (2) persons in a V-berth configuration with seat / step
• between berths. Storage bins below V-berths and storage lockers above and outboard of the berthing space.
• Continuing aft is passageway between forward cabin and main saloon with storage lockers to starboard and head area to
• port.
• Next aft in main saloon with settee seating / berthing port and starboard of the center line located drop leaf dining table
• and storage in drawers and lockers above and outboard of the berths.
• Again, continuing aft is the galley area to port and starboard. A cast iron, solid fuel stove and oven along with a stainless-
• steel galley sink basin are located to port. Opposite to starboard is a 2-burner Force 10 propane stove and a well-
• insulated, under counter ice box with the counter top doing double duty as a handy chart desk.
• Furthest aft on centerline behind the companionway ladder is the engine box and ships electrical panel with quarter
• berths located outboard to port and starboard.
• The interior of Cedar is nicely finished off in the Herreshoff style of white panted bulkheads and joinery accented by
• varnished trim, drawer and locker fronts, deck beams, interior cabin sides and overhead planking. The cabin sole
• throughout is bare teak. Natural lighting and ventilation provided by a total of ten (10) opening ports in the cabin sides
• and two overhead hatches. Additional (electrical) lighting is provided by well-placed reading lights throughout the
• interior.

Hull, Deck and Cabin Construction

• Full keel with cut-away forefoot and keel hung rudder underwater configuration
• Carvel planked Mahogany and Cedar planking over White Oak frames
• Copper rivet fastened Mahogany planking above the waterline
• Bronze screw fastened Cedar planking below the waterline
• White Oak and Locust keel, dead wood, horn timber and stem
• Locust and 315 stainless steel floors
• Painted plywood bulkheads
• Mahogany cabin sides (painted exterior, varnished interior)
• Vanished Fir deck beams and overhead Cedar cabin top planking.
• Decks, cockpit and cabin top of marine plywood with fiberglass cloth overlay set in epoxy with painted finish.

Deck Hardware

• Bow anchor roller
• Bronze bow chocks
• Stainless steel bow pulpit
• Bronze lifeline stanchions
• Single coated wire lifelines
• Bronze inner-forestay deck fitting
• Bronze bow cleat
• Bronze anchor hawse pipe
• Bronze deck fills for fuel and water
• Teak and Bronze mid-ships cleats
• Ten (10) opening posts in cabin sides and front.
• Two opening hatches on cabin top (butterfly hatch above main saloon)
• Handrails port and starboard on cabin top
• Dorade box and cowl vent on cabin top above head area
• “Charle Nobel” chimney thru cabin top
• Bronze stern chocks
• Bronze stern cleat
• Opening hatch to aft lazarette.

Spars and Rigging

• Deck stepped, single spreader, masthead sloop configuration.
• Sitka Spruce mast, boom and spreaders painted (buff)
• Aluminum spinnaker pole
• Aluminum reaching strut
• Bronze mainsail luff track
• Bronze spinnaker pole track
• Stainless steel 1x19 wire standing rigging (stays and shrouds) with bronze turnbuckle adjusters

Sail Trim and Sail Handling Equipment

• North Sails roller-furling headstay
• Merriman #5 single-speed bronze sheet winches port and starboard at cockpit coamings
• Merriman #2 single speed bronze halyard winch starboard mast
• Merriman #16 single speed chrome bronze halyard winch port mast
• Stainless steel Genoa tracks with adjustable cars port and starboard side decks
• Double-ended mainsheet system with bronze blocks and bronze rod traveler
• Low-stretch yacht braid sheets and halyards
• Adjustable boom topping lift

Sails and Canvas

• Mainsail
• Roller-furling Genoa
• Mainsail cover
• Cockpit dodger

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Apelco VXL7500 VHF radio
• Garmin GPS X5V chart plotter on swing-out bracket at companionway
• Ritchie helm compass in custom varnished wood & bronze binnacle with stainless steel binnacle guard
• Depth Sounder

Auxiliary Propulsion and Fuel Systems

• Westerbeke model 46, fresh water cooled, 46 HP, diesel inboard engine
• Engine Hours: 434 hours
• Westerbeke deluxe ignition panel with tachometer, hour meter, and gauges for cooling water temperature, engine oil
• pressure and charging voltage.
• Double lever controls for throttle and gear selection and engine shut-off located on starboard cockpit side wall with
• protective bronze bar.
• Bronze (1”) propellor shaft
• Bronze flax-packing type stuffing box
• 2-blade, fixed blade, 16x14 bronze propellor
• Perko raw water strainer
• Verna water-lift muffler
• Monel diesel fuel tank
• 20 Gallon fuel capacity
• USCG A1 fuel lines
• Racor fuel filter

Electrical Equipment and Systems

• 12-Volt ships electrical system
• Group 24, 12-volt marine batteries (2ea)
• Master battery selector switch
• Bass circuit breaker panel for control of all ship’s DC systems
• Inverter / Charger
• Bayonet style DC outlets (2ea)
• Battery charging by engine alternator and solar panel

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems

• 40 Gallon fresh water capacity
• Stainless steel fresh water tank
• Manually supplied (hand pump) cold fresh water at galley sink and head area sink
• Airhead composting toilet
• Ground Tackle
• Kedge anchor, 35 lb. with appropriate chain and rode
• Plow anchor, 35 lb. with appropriate chain and rode
• Bow roller

Dewatering Equipment

• Rule 2000 gph electric / automatic bilge pump
• Edson manually operated diaphragm type bilge pump

Safety Equipment

• Navigational lighting
• Lifesling
• Fire Extinguisher
• Life Jackets

Additional Equipment

• Dock lines and fenders
• Boat hooks (2)
• Pram / tender with oars