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 (Above) Capt. Eric Forsyth and the Fiona Fiona arrived St. John's, NFLD, Monday. Now tied up at Queen's Wharf. Old and new friends welcome to visit. View Larger Map Fiona left Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 3 pm Wednesday, bound for St Johns, Newfoundland. View Larger Map Fiona arrived Lunenburg, NS, at noon (EDT) on 21 June, 2009. We enjoyed good sailing all the way from the Cape Cod Canal except for the stretch from Cape Sable. There the weather really deteriorated to gale conditions, almost on the nose. We managed to tear the jib, so that will have to be repaired before we leave for NFLD. We motor-sailed the last ten miles into Lunenburg Bay,arriving in fog and drizzle. Fiona is now abeam Cape Cod, we transited the Cape Cod Canal Thursday and decided to bypass Provincetown,MA, and head directly for Lunenberg, NS, as the wind was fair for the next 24 hours at least. Fiona's current position is
presented below, via Google Maps. Latitude:41.6523, Longitude:-70.6326. View Larger Map We are all set to leave Weeks Yachtyard about 10 am on Monday, 15 June. We should arrive at Block Island early Tuesday if the wind is fair and leave for Buzzards Bay on Wednesday. The e-mail address for Fiona is "wrb5236@sailmail.com." This is a shortwave link of very low bandwidth, please keep messages short. An airline pilot, Russ, has signed up for the leg from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Nome, Alaska. This will give us a total crew of four for what I anticipate will be the most difficult leg across northern arctic Canada through the Northwest Passage. Fiona was launched today, May 28, 2009.  The Bon Voyage Party for Fiona's attempt on the Northwest Passage will be the afternoon of 24 May 2009. Details to follow. The crew for
the trip consists of Ed, a fellow member of the South Bay Cruising
Club, and Joey, a veteran of the 2006 cruise to the Antarctic.
I'm trying to interest a young Canadian in joining the boat just
for the leg across Northern Canada. Anyone considering joining
the boat in Nova Scotia or Newfoundland please contact Eric via
email.
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