Mcintosh/Swift Sloop

Mcintosh/Swift Sloop

Designed by the late David S. (Bud) McIntosh and built by Gordon Swift in 1965, this handsome Sloop is the ideal \"pocket\" cruiser for a couple or small family. She is well-built using the finest materials of cedar on oak, copper rivets, heavy duty bronze hardware, and tiller steering via outboard hung rudder. She\'s powered with a 2004 Universal/Kubota 20 hp, 3 cylinder diesel which easily powers her at 5 knots burning 1/2 gallon per hour. With her roller furling headsail, she is easy to handle shorthanded or singlehanded. MADRIGAL is a salty-looking sloop, which exudes warmth and charm below, and is seaworthy and able underway. Her builder and first owner, Gordon Swift, was well-known for his fine craftsmanship and boatbuilding skills, and has been a long-time, renowned teacher at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine. He and his wife Doris sailed MADRIGAL along the Maine coast for over 40 years, living on her while he taught his courses. Her present owners have spent the last several years upgrading and improving her and we believe she is now in first class condition. Please call for your inspection of this fine sloop. MADRIGAL  is a “special” wooden vessel.

HULL & DECK:

• Cedar planking over white oak frames.
• Copper-rivet fasteners, bronze screws in hood ends.
• Natural locust toerails and handrails.
• White hull, red bottom; painted white trunk cabin sides, varnished inside, painted ceiling and cabin overhead.
• Tiller steering, outboard-hung rudder.
• Deep cockpit well, with two scupper drains.
• keel bolts, checked in 2004; one replaced; three replaced in 2013.
• Five Dorade ventilators with varnished boxes.
• Laid and caulked cedar decks, using bronze nails, painted cream.
• Fiberglass over plywood trunk cabin top.
• Varnished cedar hatches, and dorade boxes.
• Bronze hardware including ventilators and stanchions.
• Double lifelines.
• Cockpit grate.
• Bowsprit with dual bronze rollers.
• Large companionway hatch and forward hatch.
• Four bronze opening ports, and bronze fixed ports.
• Dodger with 3-sided cockpit enclosure by Pat Manley.
• Large boom gallows. 
• 2700 lbs or external cast iron keel ballast.

TANKAGE:

FUEL: 20 gallons.

WATER: 40 gallons in fiberglass tanks.

HOLDING: 5 gallons in poly tank.

ENGINE & ELECTRICAL:

• 2004 Universal/Kubota 3 cylinder, 20 hp diesel, FWC.
• Cruising speed: 5 knots @ 5 gph.
• Engine hours: Approximately 527 hours.
• 2:1 reduction gear.
• New 3 bladed prop; 7/8” S/S shaft, 2007..
• New waterlift muffler and exhaust system, 2007..
• Two 12V batteries with master switch, 2010.
• Circuit breaker DC panel.
• Engine panel with oil, RPM, and water temperature gauges.
• New transmission, 2009.
• New electrical system and wiring throughout.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

• For two adults, two children.
• Forepeak includes storage and anchor rode locker.
• Next aft is the head compartment with W.C., with y-valve.
• Storage lockers to port and starboard of W.C.
• Main salon has port and starboard settee berths with drop-leaf Butternut table on centerline.
• A propane S/S Force 10 cabin heater is mounted on the port bulkhead.
• Next aft to port is an Ener Royal King propane two burner stove with oven/broiler.
• To starboard is an insulated icebox and placement for S/S sink with manual water pump.
• Access to engine compartment is behind the companionway ladder and is excellent access.
• Further aft on port and starboard are two small quarterberths.
• Joinerwork below is varnished pine bulkheads, locust knees, and varnished mahogany trunk cabin sides.
• A very cozy main cabin with excellent storage, and an efficient use of space.
• Brass clock and barometer and brass kerosene lamp.
• Headroom 5\'4\" except full headroom at companionway.

ELECTRONICS:

• Magellan handheld GPS.
• VHF radio, 2007.
• Standard Horizon depthsounder.
• AM/FM/CD radio, 2010.
• Ritchie binnacle compass.

SAILS & RIGGING:

• Bruce Dyson mainsail, Anson roller furling jib, and Dyson multi-colored light air blooper.
• Harken roller furler system on headsail; reconditioned with new S/S headstay and new jib halyard 2013.
• Points reefing on main.
• Varnished hollow Spruce mast, solid Spruce boom.
• Two Barlow 18 sheet winches.
• S/S standing rigging and jib halyard; Dacron running rigging.

EQUIPMENT:

• Lifejackets, fenders, docklines.
• Lifering.
• Fire extinguishers.
• Lifesling.     
• Radar reflector.
• 7” inspection plate on diesel tank for cleaning.
• Ensign and staff.

MADRIGAL Additional information:

Work done in 2013:

• Planking fully refastened to backbone.

• Damaged plank ends in bow and stern replaced and scarfed in to existing planks.

• Three central keel bolts removed, inspected and replaced – all in good condition, old ones available for inspection.

• All through-hulls replaced with new, planking and backing blocks at through hulls found to be in good condition.

• Keel rabbet refastened.

• Jib roller furler drum and foil overhauled, wire forestay replaced, jib halyard replaced, jib head pennant replaced.

• Waterline scribed.

• Stem scarf refastened.

• New floor timber fastenings.

• New stuffing box installed and packed.

• New transom frame backing blocks.

• New bobstay.

• New boomkin bobstay chainplates.

• Electric bilge pump rewired with new auto/manual switch.

• New isolation fuel valves either side of fuel filter for ease of changing.

• New oil filter.

• New alternator (Motorola 105A) and repaired Mitsubishi starter motor.

• Installed new raw-water intake valve so that it can now double as a pump if needed.

Work done in 2010:

• Complete replacement of electrical system; new wiring throughout – Terry Whiting and Hamor Marine Service.

Work done in 2009:

• New transmission and associated engine work; see full work description from Benjamin River Marine.

Work done in 2008:

• Top of mast repaired, new solid piece scarfed in (Piper Boatworks); all hardware removed for thorough inspection.

New items:

OGM Tricolor masthead light; forespar steaming light; cockpit light at boom crutch; 2 navigation lights; 5” brass dome light in anchor locker; brass interior light; ignition switch; shut-down engine cable with bracket; bilge blower with vent hose; bilge pump with float and switch; propane control with two sensors; 13-position panel with breakers and labeling; 2 12 VDC outlets; AM/FM antenna; 2 day/night fresh-air vents; stereo speakers and cd/radio player; Force 10 propane heater vent termination and vent; wired for Garmin GPS; batteries; Crittenden/Wilcox Toilet overhauled, all gaskets replaced; Fuel tank pumped clean and burnished.                                 

Other:

• The layout of the boat, inside and out, is as was in 2007
• The boat has been pulled out of the water every winter and painted every spring – Interlux paint
• The topsides and hull bottom were taken back to bare wood 2013
• The spars have been inspected and varnished every spring – Epifanes varnish
• The sails, sail cover, and canvas cockpit cover are overwintered, inspected, repaired, and cleaned at Anson Sails annually
• The seat cushions and covers are stored at home
• Batteries removed and stored at home

Annual maintenance has also included:

New fuel filter with water separator and new oil filter, with all oil pumped out and replaced; new belts; new raw-water anode; transmission fluid checked; engine flushed with clean water and then antifreeze.

Currently the table and cookstove/oven are not on the boat but are in good condition and easily replaced – they were removed as most of our sailing for the past couple of years has been daysails or single overnights.

The inventory includes lifejackets, harnesses, china dishes (not pots and pans as Doris Swift wants them back!), docklines, fenders, 2 fire extinguishers, Force 10 cabin heater, boat hook, two spare mainsails, one blooper; various other miscellaneous equipment.

COMMENTS: Designed by the late David S. (Bud) McIntosh and built by Gordon Swift in 1965, this handsome Sloop is the ideal \"pocket\" cruiser for a couple or small family. She is well-built using the finest materials of cedar on oak, copper rivets, heavy duty bronze hardware, and tiller steering via outboard hung rudder. She\'s powered with a 2004 Universal/Kubota 20 hp, 3 cylinder diesel which easily powers her at 5 knots burning 1/2 gallon per hour. With her roller furling headsail, she is easy to handle shorthanded or singlehanded. MADRIGAL is a salty-looking sloop, which exudes warmth and charm below, and is seaworthy and able underway. Her builder and first owner, Gordon Swift, was well-known for his fine craftsmanship and boatbuilding skills, and has been a long-time, renowned teacher at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine. He and his wife Doris sailed MADRIGAL along the Maine coast for over 40 years, living on her while he taught his courses. Her present owners have spent the last several years upgrading and improving her and we believe she is now in first class condition. Please call for your inspection of this fine sloop. MADRIGAL  is a “special” wooden vessel.

Potential purchasers should assume that items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. Vessel subject to sale, price and inventory changes, and withdrawal from market without notice.

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