THE PF TUNED IN THE WRONG VOR TO NAV. THEN HE TURNED THE WRONG DIRECTION TO ENTER THE HOLD. THE TFC CTLR TOLD THE PLT HE WAS HOLDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THE PLT TURNED BACK AND FLEW THE HOLDING PATTERN AS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

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SCHEDULED FLT FROM BTV TO BOS. NO GND HOLD IN BTV. TOLD BY MHT APCH THAT WE HAD A XING TIME OF 45 MINS PAST AT KHRIS INTXN TO REDUCE SPD AS MUCH AS FEASIBLE BEFORE REACHING KHRIS INTXN. THE CAPT HAD TUNED IN THE WRONG VOR TO NAV OFF OF. WHEN WE REACHED THE HOLD THE CAPT TURNED THE WRONG WAY WHEN ENTERING THE HOLD (IE; HOLD IS PUBLISHED R-HAND TURNS; WE TURNED L) ABOUT 70 DEGS THROUGH THE OUTBOUND TURN THE CTLR SAID IT SHOULD BE R- HAND TURNS. THE CAPT THEN SPUN THE HDG NEEDLE TO THE R (THE LONG WAY AROUND) TO TURN BACK. I HAD BEEN ON #2 COM INFORMING THE COMPANY THAT WE WERE HOLDING AND OF A MAINT PROB WITH THE ACFT. I DID NOT CHK HOW THE HOLD WAS PUBLISHED; I DID KNOW THE PROPER WAY OF IDENTING THE FIX. WE DID COME CLOSE TO DEPARTING HIS AIRSPACE INTO BOSTON APCH'S AIRSPACE. MY 3 MISTAKES WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1) ALWAYS CHK THE OTHER PLT'S NAV; I ASSUMED A 10000 PLUS HR PLT COULD ENTER A HOLD; NEVER AGAIN. 2) I DID NOT REQUEST AN IMMEDIATE CLARIFICATION TO TURN L OR R AFTER MAKING THE MISTAKE. 3) I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE COMPANY AT A TIME WHEN THE WORKLOAD WAS HIGH.