Exploring Duck Island (AKA Snake Island), by foot and by drone. Ep80
August 16, 2017 by Cruising Off Duty | Language: EN Play Time: 00:12:37 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Ep80. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we explore Main Duck Island, which is located in the middle of Lake Ontario. The free docks on the island are something to look forward to because the waves can get pretty big out there, especially if it is bad weather. There are trails to get around the island but with the high water levels this year, the trails are under water. So, the only way to explore the other side of the island this trip was by putting up the Mavic Pro Drone. On the other side of the island is an unmanned lighthouse, abandoned houses and sandy beaches. So there is some great Mavic Pro Drone footage in this episode.
This trip was mostly planned to be a recon trip for Janice and I to confirm to our son Jake that Duck Island lived up to it’s reputation of being Snake Island, and it did! Jake really has little interest in long sailing trips, but he was excited to join us on a trip to “Snake Island”.
In a future episode we return to Duck Island with Jake and her dad Larry where they chose to sleep in tents on Snake Island (No Thanks!) and this time we have a Gas Motor for our Dinghy that gets us to the other side of the Island. We get to go explore inside those abandoned lighthouse keeper’s houses, see the big lighthouse up close and check out the much better sand beaches on that side, where we go swimming in the crystal clear blue water that looks like the Caribbean.
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Our next locations covered in future episodes are: Sackets Harbor NY, Oswego NY, Duck Island and Simcoe Island.
Music in this episode by Epidemic sound and by Josh Woodward.
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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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