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Fiona had nice winds on Long Island but no winds by the time we reached Buzzard Bay.  Then the autopilot failed.  Fiona is at the Pope's Island Marina in New Bedford, MA to try and get the autopilot fixed.  If all goes well we will leave on Saturday for the Cape Cod...

Fiona is just about shipshape.  The plan is to leave about 12:30 pm on Tuesday, 1 September. Our first stop will be Block Island, but to avoid quarantine problems we will not go ashore. Our first stop on shore will be Provincetown. Our first stop in Maine may be Bar...

 Fiona was launched today (Friday) by Weeks Yacht Yard.  The plan is to take Fiona to Maine for a month, leaving about 1 September.  Tom and his brother Chuck arrived here earlier in the week and will crew for the complete trip.   Tom has made three Trans-Atlantic...

It may come as surprise to viewers of the many Fiona videos that Captain Forsyth always ended the voyages back to Long Island in the middle of May. Of course, this avoided the start of the North Atlantic hurricane season, but there was another reason; an annual...

 Eric Forsyth acted as project manager of the Brookhaven National Lab Power Transmission Project.   He has preserved this video of this historic project. He has added a video of the Power Transmission Project to the video section of this website and to Youtube. The...

Eric recently published his first fiction book "Wings Over Iraq".  It is a historical novel set in Iraq in the turbulent lead up to WWII. The British patrol the oil fields using obsolete bombers. The Germans recruit local tribes to sabotage British efforts, as...

In honor of his latest novel, Wings Over Iraq we present Eric in his RAF uniform.  Eric joined the Royal Air Force in 1950. Here he is in 2014 wearing his original uniform attending a dinner in memory of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.  

This weekend John and i finished a project which had dragged through winter ; installing a new holding tank.  The strongly built platform  supporting the tank  had to be fiberglassed to the hull, hence the wait for  warm weather.   Capacity is 9 gallons,  see pic...

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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:...