Cedar
1965, Bud Macintosh Sloop, 39’
Cedar
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).
Asking Price: $80,000
Location: Brooklin, ME
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