Ep51 - This episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our Catamaran Sailing series by showing you Spanish Town in the BVI.
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Ep50 - This episode of Cruising Off Duty is when we take you to "The Baths" in Virgin Gorda, BVI. It is a cool area of paths through rocks that take you to small bays, that is a "must see" when you are in the British Virgin Islands.
There are no dinghies...
Ep48. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we let you know what happens when we arrive at our charter Catamaran to find it has many issues. Most of the necessary appliances are broken and need to be repaired before we can leave the harbour.
Dream Yacht C...
Ep47. This Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we leave St Thomas in the USVI on the Fast Ferry to go to Tortola in the BVI. We show you that it is not as easy as just jumping on a Ferry to change islands as you have a slow Customs Process ahead. You also mee...
Ep46. Day 4 of our Caribbean Scuba and Catamaran Sailing Trip. In this episode we do two Scuba Dives off a dive boat. We also use the Mavic Pro drone to get some Aerial footage of both sides of St Thomas including Coki Beach where we did our Scuba traini...
Ep45. Day 3 of the Caribbean Scuba and Catamaran Sailing Trip. We are done with our instruction, so now we are doing full dives and bringing our GoPro with us to film. We also fly the Mavic Pro over St Thomas to get and Aerial perspective.
Tomorrow's ep...
Ep44. Our 2nd Day of our Caribbean Scuba and Catamaran Sailing Trip. This is the first day of our PADI Open Water Scuba Course. We use a Safari Bus for the first time to travel around the island which is what the locals use to get around. It cost $2 and ...
We just got back from our 2 week Caribbean Scuba and Sailing Trip. This is day 1 where we make our way to St Thomas (USVI) where we will be taking a 3 day PADI Scuba Open Water Course. I have so much great underwater, drone and sailing footage to bring y...
My Replaced Mavic Pro arrived early, before I leave on my BVI trip (which was a huge relief) so I wanted to show you how you can link your controller to any new Mavic. Plus show you that firmware updates are always needed on any new Mavic and they take a ...
I get asked all the time what Software I use to edit my Cruising Off Duty Episodes and what cameras, etc, I use to film them. In this Episode I will go over all of the gear I use. Obviously when I travel to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) I have to pack...
In this episode I will give you the final answer to the question, "Does DJI replace my downed Mavic Pro or Not?
If I don't get a replacement in time for my BVI trip, will I be able to borrow a Mavic Pro?
Will I ever fly a Mavic Pro above open water aga...
Well, after the last episode where I lost my Mavic Pro, you all kept saying that I should find if there is any flight footage stored in my Tablet of the final flight and if it was there, you wanted to see it. So here it is. There were two flight videos s...
This is a Sad Day for me. My Mavic Pro had a battery error while I was flying over these rapids and it Crashed. Well, it's more like it just lowered itself into the water to never be seen again. As sad as that was, the worst thing is the Timing. I boug...
In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, I give a rundown of the DJI Go 4 App. It is the latest App designed specifically to fly the more advanced drones on the market from DJI, such as the Mavic Pro, Phantom 4, Phantom 4 Pro, Aspire 2 and Aspire Pro. All t...
In this episode, I review various Mavic Pro Accessories. I give you the good and bad on ND filters, a full sized tablet holder, and Prop Guards. I also show you my new glove to allow me to fly with warm hands and still be able to touch the screen.
Does ...
We go for a winter walk in the forest to get some exercise. We take the Mavic Pro along with us to get some aerial footage of the area.
Janice reminds us how much she hates winter. We really need to get this girl on a sailboat in the Caribbean, soon!
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I just got a ton of extra accessories and gear for my Mavic Pro. I'll tell you what gear is worth having and what gear you can skip.
The gear I presently have for my Mavic Pro is:
- A waterproof "Pelican" style Case.
- Landing Gear (for better ground c...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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