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Trailer.  What’s Happened and Where Are We Going In The Future
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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...
EP25. Mavic Pro.  Videography of Pakenham Ontario
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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...
EP24.  Mavic Pro.  Day 2.  Flight Distance Tested.
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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...
Ep23. Mavic Pro.  First Day Impressions.  Its going to change everything.
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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...
Ep22. Cruising Motorcycle Vs Sailboat.  Do you have time for both?
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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...
Ep21.  Big News!  We are moving to the 1000 Islands/Great Lakes
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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...
Ep20. Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt4 – Comparing Catamarans.
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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...
Ep19.  Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt3.  Comparing Catamarans
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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...
Ep18.  Annapolis Sailboat Show Pt2.  Comparing Catamarans
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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...
Ep17.  Annapolis Sailboat Show. Pt1 – The Trip and the Rain
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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...
COD EP16 –  Baskin’s Beach Pros and Cons
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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...
COD Ep15. Camper Van vs Cruising Sailboat
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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...
Ep14. Tall Ships Festival – Brockville.
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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...
Ep13. Pinhey’s Weekend. We are the only ones crazy enough to stay.
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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...
Ep12: Pinhey’s Point, Pros and Cons and plenty of drone footage.
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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...
Ep11. Don’t let a beautiful day go to waste
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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...
Ep10 Getting Exercise while at anchor.  Constance Bay.
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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...
Ep9. Sailing The Ottawa River.  Pros and Cons of Aylmer Island.
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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...
Ep8.  Why is the water brown and what is stuck on my anchor?  Crystal Bay In Focus.
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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...
Ep7 – Baskin’s Beach Party.  Tragic events.  Live life to the fullest.
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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...
EP6. Sailing Alone.  How hard is it?  What do you do when things go wrong?
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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...
Ep5. How much work is a sailboat, to go from winter storage to ready to sail.
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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 ...
Ep4.  What Is Stopping Us From Leaving The Ottawa River?
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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...
Ep 3.  Why a Cruising Sailboat is better than a Cottage.  Tour Off Duty.
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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...

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