Fiona News Network

Eric Forsyth is giving a talk to the South Bay Cruising Club entitled "Ocean Cruising". He will spell out some of the differences between Ocean and Coastal cruising. All sailors are welcome. Date: Saturday, March 28th Time: 2:00 PM Place:  West Islip Library  Address:...

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. ...

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

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.

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.  

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 photo. Thank you...

Fiona is tied up at Four points Marina, Portland.  If the weather is fair we will head south on Wednesday.  Weather has been exceptional for Maine in late September except for light winds.  Fiona was previously moored at the Sebasco Holiday Resort in Phippsburg.   The...

We spent Wednesday night at Port Clyde.   We walked to Marshall Point this morning and powered in very calm weather to Boothbay.