by yacht fiona | Nov 12, 2019 | Fiona News Network
Peter, the refrigeration tech, diagnosed the freezer problem as a defective cold plate.John, my neighbor, and myself, pulled the freezer apart and discovered the cold plate had lost the eutectic mixture.I fixed the leak and filled it with an antifreeze/water mix. ...
by yacht fiona | Oct 25, 2019 | Fiona News Network
Fiona was hauled this week and is now on a cradle at Weeks yacht yard. The freezer was not working during the Maine cruise, it has been disassembled and repairs are on-going
by yacht fiona | Oct 7, 2019 | Cruising History, Fiona News Network
A Short Cruise to Maine We left Fire Island Inlet on 2 September, 2019, Hurricane Dorian was still trashing the Bahamas but it seemed safe enough to get a start on the cruise on my well-traveled Westsail 42, Fiona. For crew I had Will and Al, neither had much...
by yacht fiona | Oct 1, 2019 | Fiona News Network
Fiona arrived in Patchogue at lunchtime Monday. A nice sail directly from Cuttyhunk Island. We logged about 800 nm in the 4 week cruise to Maine. Apart from Hurricane Dorian at the start we had glorious weather.
by yacht fiona | Sep 27, 2019 | Fiona News Network
We sailed overnight from Portland to Nantucket, my first visit in over 30 years. We have picked up a mooring and will stay 2 nights. Hopefully the wind will be fair for us to leave on Saturday.
by yacht fiona | Sep 25, 2019 | Fiona News Network
Check it out! At the Brooklyn Book Fest this past weekend the Long Island Authors Group (LIAG) had their “traveling bookstore” there. Take note of Captain Eric’s book on the right side of the shelf. Roland Allnach, President of the LIAG is in the...
