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He paid $15,000 for the Stone Horse in 1986, and now it is a member of the family. “We regularly sail her over to Shelter Island [N.Y.], where we alternate between an evening or two on board and then at the Ram’s Head Inn,” Falcigno says. “I have sailed her from Buzzards Bay and to Martha’s Vineyard, and now that we are in Essex, I envision our range extending out to Newport and Block Island [R.I.].” more
Do you remember what you did during seventh-grade art class? Vince Falcigno was working hard on a painting of a full-rigged ship, putting down on canvas what he was reading about in his spare time.
This 23 foot Edy & Duff design headlines a fleet of practical, classic small boats.
But there was more to it than looks. Falcigno cites the builder’s story of a gentleman who asked Crocker for a “stout boat that would handle the seas on Buzzards Bay and south of Cape Cod, have a good turn of speed, a large cockpit for sailing with friends and a comfortable cabin for occasional overnighting.”
Dimensions
LOA: 23 ft 4 in
Beam: 7 ft 0 in
LWL: 18 ft 4 in
Maximum Draft: 3 ft 7 in
Displacement: 4490 lbs
Ballast: 2000 lbs
Edey & Duff's hull number 120 of this classic, early 1930's S. S. Crocker design is "Priscilla" an excellent example of the handsome, seaworthy, traditional coastwise cruiser. She has been well maintained by her knowledgable owner and comes with a like new Triad Trailer that has never been in the water. more
Boat Name
Priscilla more
Engines
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Engine Model: 1GM10 more
The boat is fitted with the following electronics: Datamarine depth instrument, Datamarine speed/log, Standard Horizon VHF
Varnished Sitka Spruce spars with 1X19 stainless steel wire rigging. Main and Jib of unknown age but in apparent good condition. Harken roller furling unit for the jib. Lewmar # 10 sheet winches. more
Sails & Rigging more
Yanmar raw water-cooled 1GM 10, installed in 2007, turns a two-bladed fixed propeller on a stainless steel shaft. Racor fuel filter, Whale manual bilge pump. more
Falcigno's other boats are a Dyer Dhow he uses as a tender and a 14-foot John Atkin cedar-on-oak sailing skiff, which makes a great winter gunkholing boat. "That sits on a trailer, and its season begins when Reverie gets hauled," he says. "We frostbite on the river and explore the coves and creeks whenever we can between November and May." [links]
It was the flush-deck profile and the near-perfect proportions that caught Falcigno's eye. "I first saw a picture of a Stone Horse in a boating catalog in 1973," he says. "It was the only classic-looking design in a sea of white fiberglass and the concept of a fiberglass reproduction of a wooden boat was extremely appealing."
But there's nothing like summer. That's Reverie time. "She is a small boat and easy to handle, yet stout enough to get through Plum Gut and for later fall sailing," he says. "Reverie has met and exceeded my expectations for the type of sailing we do and we plan on keeping her until the day the nature of our boating changes." [links]
The centerline companionway with sliding hatch leads to a snug cabin below, laid out with a traditional V-berth with an insert, which covers the portable head. The small galley area has a sink, icebox and counter to port and a stove to starboard. Quarter berths on the port and starboard sides are sized for children and handy for storage. Power comes from an auxiliary diesel under the cockpit or a transom-mounted outboard.
The flush deck makes for a low cabin house, giving the boat pleasing proportions. Crocker gave the Stone Horse an ample cockpit, made larger by running the backstay to a boomkin. The builder calls the Stone Horse a "cutter-rigged sloop." The masthead rig includes twin headsails, using a small bowsprit, and sail area is 339 square feet.