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Cruising Off Duty

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Welcome to Cruising Off Duty. We are Craig and Janice. We love travelling and we love sailing, so we figure the best way to see the world is by sailboat. We presently have a 35' Beneteau Oceanis sloop that we sail out of Kingston, Ontario Canada, which is on Lake Ontario. We have a longer term plan, when we retire in a few years, to sell everything and buy a 40-50' Catamaran and circumnavigate the globe. Craig loves photography along with land based and drone videography and plans to document everything along our travels to share with the world through Youtube and other social media. For now, follow our channel as we show you the beauty of the Great Lakes and the 1000 Islands area of the St Lawrence River. You will also see the steps we take as start narrowing down the Catamaran we think will suit us best as we move closer to our goal of living full time on a sailboat and exploring the world. It should be a journey worth watching.

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Welcome to Cruising Off Duty. We are Craig and Janice. We love travelling and we love sailing, so we figure the best way to see the world is by sailboat. We presently have a 35′ Beneteau Oceanis sloop that we sail out of Kingston, Ontario Canada, which is on Lake Ontario. We have a longer term plan, when we retire in a few years, to sell everything and buy a 40-50′ Catamaran and circumnavigate the globe. Craig loves photography along with land based and drone videography and plans to document everything along our travels to share with the world through Youtube and other social media. For now, follow our channel as we show you the beauty of the Great Lakes and the 1000 Islands area of the St Lawrence River. You will also see the steps we take as start narrowing down the Catamaran we think will suit us best as we move closer to our goal of living full time on a sailboat and exploring the world. It should be a journey worth watching.

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Renogy 550W Bifacial Panels. The best panels I have ever tested. Perfect for an off grid setup.

Of all of the Solar Panels I have reviewed, these are by far the best. The efficiency of these Renogy 550W bifacial panels is unparalleled. Even in partial shade, they perform very well. I may buy more of these to make a big off-grid array for some new ...

Published: Mar 30, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:20

Lake Ontario. Whitby to Scarborough to tour the beaches area and then on to Toronto.

Sailing Lake Ontario. Whitby to Scarborough to check out the beaches area and then on to Toronto. https://youtu.be/rjzq0NedcKw

Published: Feb 19, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:04

Lake Ontario. Cobourg to Whitby Yacht Club. A great place to stop over. Lots to do in the area.

Whitby is a great place to stop over if you are boating around Lake Ontario. The people at the Whitby yacht club are welcoming of visiting boats and there is lots to do in the area. May be best to have a folding bike or scooter to get around because not ...

Published: Feb 16, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:49

How to massively boost your solar generators capacity with a Li Time 24v 200AH LifePo4 battery.

Li Time 24V 200AH LifePo4 battery is a massive battery and can boost the capacity of any Solar Generator with its over 5400WH capacity. It also brings in a simulated solar in of 500W, which allows you to charge the battery while also using your solar gene...

Published: Feb 03, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:21:25

Massive Li Time 24V 200AH battery outperforms and is the perfect “Living Off Grid” house bank option

Li Time 24V 200AH LifePo4 battery gets two thumbs up from me. I use it as my Solar Generator Capacity booster and it works great. Links to where you can buy it. Li Time Canada: https://ca.litime.com/?ref=usnz7k9m Li Time US: https://www.litime.com/produc...

Published: Feb 02, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:22:30

SETPOWER 58QT Portable Fridge. Dual temperature zones and runs on AC or 12V/24V. Great for Off-Grid

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Published: Jan 25, 2024

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:28:19

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Drone (Q500 4K) from a Sailboat. Lessons Learned

Wanting to use my drone to capture awesome sailing footage this summer meant getting in some practice taking off and landing while anchored, before trying it from a moving boat. I learned some lessons that almost cost me my drone twice. Drone is a Yuneec...

Published: Jun 03, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:08:46

Cruising Off Duty Ep1 – How to buy a cruising sailboat.

We discuss how to buy a cruising sailboat. How to make sure your wife is onboard and what lessons we learned when we bought our sailboat. You can follow us on Facebook: Cruising Off Duty Or at www.Cruisingoffduty.com

Published: Jun 25, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:18:27

Drone low and fast at Baskin’s Beach

Had fun last weekend on the boat at Baskin's Beach on the Ottawa River. Took out my drone ( Yuneec Q500 4K) and got some cool footage. Figured I'd post a fun drone only video. This is not a full numbered episode of Cruising Off Duty. I hope you enjoy i...

Published: Jun 28, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:04:02

Canada Day Weekend – Fireworks and Drone video of Constance Bay

This episode shows the Canada Day weekend spent at anchor in Constance Bay. It shows the storms the fireworks we got to see, and drone footage of Constance Bay. Canada Day was wet and windy but it was still really fun spending it with multiple boats and m...

Published: Jul 06, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:05

Cruising Off Duty, Ep2. What we learned shipping our sailboat by truck.

What we learned when we shipped our sailboat a long distance (North Carolina to Ottawa Canada) on a truck across an international border and what it took to make a saltwater boat ready to be a freshwater boat. Check out episode 1 where we explain what we ...

Published: Jul 10, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:10:13

Ep 3. Why a Cruising Sailboat is better than a Cottage. Tour Off Duty.

Why a Cruising Sailboat (Floating Cottage) is better than an actual cottage. Plus I give you a tour of Off Duty and why it has everything a cottage has but for much cheaper and with less problems. You can follow us on Facebook: Cruising Off Duty Or at...

Published: Jul 13, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:42

Ep4. What Is Stopping Us From Leaving The Ottawa River?

The Ottawa River has over 1000 sailboat boats registered to the 4 different Yacht and Sailing Clubs, but we are landlocked by the Deschene Rapids to the south and the Chat Falls Hydro Electric Dam to the north. In essence we are on a 27 mile long lake. T...

Published: Jul 26, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:09:55

Ep5. How much work is a sailboat, to go from winter storage to ready to sail.

This video will show you, through time-lapse video and drone video footage, how much work was required for our sailboat to go from being under its winter cover to ready to sail. It gives you Drone footage of the Nepean Sailing Club when all of the boats ...

Published: Aug 01, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:08:48

EP6. Sailing Alone. How hard is it? What do you do when things go wrong?

Working shift work means I have days off when no one else does, so I sail the Ottawa River solo a lot. So how hard is it to sail alone? I will show you in this episode. You will follow me as I pack up the boat and sail towards a planned NSC party at Bas...

Published: Aug 08, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:23:27

Ep7 – Baskin’s Beach Party. Tragic events. Live life to the fullest.

This Episode of Cruising Off Duty covers the NSC party at Baskin's Beach. A good time was had by all, but a Boy drown just up river from where all our boats were anchored to attend this party. Then on our sail home, we watch a house on shore erupt into f...

Published: Aug 16, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:18

Ep8. Why is the water brown and what is stuck on my anchor? Crystal Bay In Focus.

This Episode I talk about the pros and cons of Crystal Bay as an anchorage. I explain that thousands of sunken logs from the logging days 100 years ago, is the reason that the Ottawa River is brown and I show that sometimes when you pull up anchor, you ma...

Published: Aug 26, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:55

Ep9. Sailing The Ottawa River. Pros and Cons of Aylmer Island.

In this Episode, I give you the Pros and Cons of Aylmer Island as an anchorage. I am covering the various anchorages starting at the closest anchorage to the Nepean Sailing Club and going to the furthest. Be forewarned that I am not a fan of Aylmer Islan...

Published: Sep 02, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:10:38

Ep10 Getting Exercise while at anchor. Constance Bay.

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we show you our favorite anchorage to go to shore and get some exercise. That Anchorage is in Constance Bay. In a perfect world we would like to get 10,000 steps in a day. That is almost impossible if you stay on you...

Published: Sep 05, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:41

Ep11. Don’t let a beautiful day go to waste

Only have the Monday of a Long Weekend Off Duty? Wife is out of town and you are alone? Doesn't matter. Don't let a beautiful day go to waste! In this VLog, I go out on the boat and catch the tail end of the weekend end of the weekend and have have a g...

Published: Sep 12, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:09:00

Ep12: Pinhey’s Point, Pros and Cons and plenty of drone footage.

In Episode 12, I continue my series on the Pros and Cons of the various anchorages on the Ottawa River by covering the most popular anchorage on the river, Pinhey's Point. For 94% of my subscribers and viewers that are not Canadian and not from Ottawa, I...

Published: Sep 16, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:11:59

Ep13. Pinhey’s Weekend. We are the only ones crazy enough to stay.

Trying to take advantage of every possible weekend on the boat we can before the season comes to an end. We braved cold and windy conditions to spend the weekend at Pinhey's. This episode is in the VLog style. Last episode was all about information and...

Published: Sep 19, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:21

Ep14. Tall Ships Festival – Brockville.

Did you miss the Tall Ships Festival in Brockville? Don't worry, we have you covered. We stood in the lines for you. Watch this and you will see everything there was to see. Watch to the end to see the view from the air too, which is probably something...

Published: Sep 25, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:12:44

COD Ep15. Camper Van vs Cruising Sailboat

Fellow Ottawa Youtuber Simon from the Channel "Finding Simon", who lives and travels full time in a Camper Van, is considering giving up that van life and travelling the world by sailboat. In this episode, I take Simon out and show him the ropes and hopef...

Published: Sep 27, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:10:45

COD EP16 – Baskin’s Beach Pros and Cons

We tried to go out and get one last weekend on the sailboat but the weather just isn't cooperating. Clearly winter is coming. It sucks to be a sailor in Canada and have such a short sailing season. So this episode is going to go over the Pros and Cons o...

Published: Oct 03, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:07:14

Ep17. Annapolis Sailboat Show. Pt1 – The Trip and the Rain

Did you miss going to the Annapolis Sailboat Show? Well, we did the 9+ hour drive from Ottawa to Annapolis and in this VLog we will take you on the trip with us. After having a very long drive filled with construction delays, unexpected detours onto tol...

Published: Oct 13, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:14

Ep18. Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt2. Comparing Catamarans

In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our coverage of the 2016 Annapolis Sailboat Show. This episode we show you all of the Catamarans from Nautitech and Fountaine Pajot. We talk about what we liked and didn't like about each boat, asking our...

Published: Oct 20, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:19:24

Ep19. Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt3. Comparing Catamarans

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue showing you the Catamarans that were at the 2016 Annapolis Sailboat Show and telling you what we liked and didn't like. We cover Catamarans from Leopard, Bali and Lagoon. In the next episode we will go o...

Published: Oct 22, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:20:40

Ep20. Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt4 – Comparing Catamarans.

This is the final part in our series comparing the various Catamarans at the Annapolis Sailboat Show. In this episode, we focus on the "boutique" or custom boat builders that are designed with the live-aboard in mind. We looked at the Xquisite X5 50', th...

Published: Nov 02, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:29:27

Ep21. Big News! We are moving to the 1000 Islands/Great Lakes

We have big news as we have decided to leave the confines of the Ottawa River and move our boat to Kingston. Kingston is located right at the crossroads of Lake Ontario (and the other Great Lakes) to the west and the St Lawrence River and the beautiful 10...

Published: Nov 07, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:10:13

Ep22. Cruising Motorcycle Vs Sailboat. Do you have time for both?

In this episode I am going to ask myself the question, "Should I really own a Cruising Motorcycle and a Cruising Sailboat?". The problem for me has been that you only ride your motorcycle on a warm dry day and those are the same perfect days that you also...

Published: Nov 10, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:07:25

Ep23. Mavic Pro. First Day Impressions. Its going to change everything.

I finally got my new drone. The Mavic Pro. This episode is about my first flights and my first impressions. My first flight ever was in my house, where I crashed it. My first flight outside was where I met a friend who has the Phantom 3 and we compare...

Published: Nov 18, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:17:38

EP24. Mavic Pro. Day 2. Flight Distance Tested.

Last Episode was mainly about how the Mavic Pro would handle and fly compared to the Q500 and the Phantom 3. This episode is more about how much range you can get with this new Ocusync technology and how good the Camera looks. The speed, range and compac...

Published: Nov 19, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:18:03

EP25. Mavic Pro. Videography of Pakenham Ontario

With winter coming, I have to take every opportunity to practice using my new Mavic Pro. This episode, I go to Pakenham Ontario to try and take some scenic shots of the stone bridge in this small town outside of Ottawa. Since the filming of this footage...

Published: Nov 25, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:09:19

Trailer. What’s Happened and Where Are We Going In The Future

This Trailer explains what has happened in the past season of Cruising Off Duty and what is coming up in our short and long term future. The future is exciting with things like an upcoming BVI catamaran charter, our next season sailing in the 1000 Island...

Published: Dec 07, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:03:14

Ep26. Can the Mavic Pro fly in a extreme cold?

Ever wonder if the Mavic Pro can fly in cold weather? I mean really really cold weather like is found in a Canadian winter? Well in this episode, I will fly my Mavic Pro in -10c and show you that the Magic Pro does not seem to have any issues flying in t...

Published: Dec 21, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:20:49

Ep27 Mavic Pro. Best settings and Tripod Mode

In this episode, I continue the Mavic Pro Tutorial Series. I will explain what settings I have changed in the Mavic Pro to make it fly more smoothly, so that it is a better platform for taking smooth video. I will explain what the Tripod mode is and why y...

Published: Dec 22, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:20:04

EP28. Christmas Lights downtown Ottawa with drone

This episode of Cruising Off Duty, Janice and I take you to downtown Ottawa to see the Christmas Lights. We also bring along the super small Mavic Pro (drone) so we can show you some of the lights from the air. We wanted to wish all of our viewers, subsc...

Published: Dec 25, 2016

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:15:35

Ep30. Mavic Pro. Using Waypoints and Cold Weather Flying. Has new firmware helped?

In Ep30 of Cruising Off Duty, I go over the issues that the Mavic Pro has flying in the cold. I see if the new firmware update has helped its cold weather flying abilities. Since my iPhone can’t seem to stay charged out in the cold, I show you how my n...

Published: Jan 10, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:20:13

Ep31. Mavic Pro. Litchi App should be called “Glitchi App”. Don’t buy, yet..

I have been looking forward to using my Litchi App with my Mavic Pro to be able to pre-program waypoints to create a route my Mavic can fly. Unfortunately the Litchi App is way to Glitchy with the Mavic Pro. While flying a waypoint route the Auto Focus o...

Published: Jan 14, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:13:39

Ep32 Mavic Pro. Litchi still “Glitchi” but found a fix for bad auto-focus.

Litchi App still "glitchi" App with the Mavic Pro but I found a fix for the brutal blurry Autofocus. You must focus on something far away (infinity focus) before you take off or you are stuck with whatever focal length you had on the ground. Infinity Fo...

Published: Jan 15, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:16:22

Ep33 Does your Mavic Pro need Landing Gear? Of course it does !!

Do you find your Mavic Pro acts like a "Weed Wacker" when you land on grass or are worried about landing on any slightly uneven surface? I was too! The Mavic Pro was designed with way too little ground clearance. I have bought landing gear that is ligh...

Published: Jan 16, 2017

Language: EN

Play Time: 00:00:07:33

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