Ep67. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, I will be Cruising Off Duty in a different way. Instead of Cruising on my sailboat, I will be Cruising on my Harley Davidson V-Rod. I take a ride on my HD from Ottawa to Pakenham to fly my drone over the rapid...
Ep68. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, I will be Cruising my Harley Davidson V-Rod to check out a small little town on the Rideau River called Merrickville. Once there I will fly my Mavic Pro drone over the water area and even film a train as it cro...
Ep69 (4K). In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we head west of Kingston and explore anchorages around Howe Island (Beaurivage Bay) and Wolfe Island (Brakey Bay). Janice, who I swear is part Polar Bear, decided that even though it has been cold all sprin...
Happy Canada Day (July 1st) and we have and extra reason to celebrate this Canada Day. The Crazy Canadian Drone Laws that made it nearly impossible to fly legally in Canada, have been revamped and these new rules are much more reasonable and will allow us...
Ep 71. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty. Janice and I take our sailboat, Off Duty, 4.5 hrs West go from Treasure Island to Loyalist Cove. We were getting a quote done by the Marina to have repairs done at the end of the sailing season. It also gave...
Ep72. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue exploring areas in the 1000 Islands. We explore Loyalist Cove Marina, get our Windless Fixed, Explore Bath Ontario (which is clearly a Loyalist Community) and then sail back east of Kingston to Treas...
Ep73. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we take our sailboat to Clayton NY and clear into US customs from our boat for the first time using a Video Phone. In theory it's a very easy process, but we had some issues with this phone connection.
We also a...
Ep74. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we leave Clayton NY and head to Cedar Point State Park. I also get my Mavic Pro (Drone) up and get some Aerial shots of the cove and our boats at anchor.
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Ep75. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we sail west from Cedar Point State Park (NY) with the intention of stopping in Cape Vincent, NY. But, the town was flooded with the record high water levels, so all the city docks were under water and we ended...
Ep76. In this episode, we explore Kingston before sailing to Kerr Bay on Amherst Island. We explain the best (cheapest) place to dock your boat when visiting Kingston. We show drone footage (Mavic Pro) to explain where the dock is located in the harbor a...
Ep77. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we sail to Waupoos and look forward to using our new folding bikes to bike through wine country. It seemed like a beautiful day for sailing. 12 knots of wind, right on the beam. Perfect, until a storm that lo...
Ep78. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we take you biking through Waupoos (Wine Country) and we go to the County Cider Company to do some Cider Tastings. We take the Mavic Pro drone up to get some aerial shots of the beauty of the area, when someone ...
Ep79. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we sail out into the middle of Lake Ontario to Duck Island, which has a reputation of being an Island completely infested with Snakes. We are doing this first trip to the Island to "Recon" it to see if it lives...
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...
Ep81. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we head to Kingston and film the 1000 Islands Poker Run. There are over 50 expensive and super fast boats involved in this event, including at least one that is propelled by 2 jet engines. They leave from King...
Ep82. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we sail to Sackets Harbor NY. It was a very cute looking town but it was freaky how there was no one anywhere in any of the restaurants or any of the stores. It felt like we were shooting footage for the TV se...
Ep83. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we sail across Lake Ontario to visit Oswego NY. It was our first time visiting this city and we did not know what to expect or what it had to offer other than it is the city that you go to in order to enter the ...
Ep84. In this episode we head out from Oswego NY to cross Lake Ontario to head back toward our home base near Kingston Ontario. One thing we have learned about sailing out in Lake Ontario is how strange unforecasted weather happens. It could be calling f...
Ep85. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our transit across Lake Ontario and head to our favorite city on the water, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Kingston is a very clean and well maintained city and it has transient docks you can use (for pr...
We will be in Annapolis MD to check out the Annapolis Sailboat show from Thursday-Saturday (Oct 5th-7th). After the coverage we did on our channel last year, going over the various Catamaran at the show, we have been granted Media Passes and will be there...
Ep86, In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we visit the Annapolis Sailboat Show, which has a lot of Catamarans on display. We are doing a multi-episode series comparing various sailing Catamarans on the basis of how comfortable it would be live on full ...
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home.
In this episode we continue with two more boats from F...
Ep88. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home.
In this episode we continue with two more boats....
Ep89.. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home.
In this episode we continue with two more boats...
Ep90.. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home.
In this episode we continue with 3 boats from L...
Ep91. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we are wrapping up Day 1 of the show, which had us doing a marathon session of comparing all the Catamarans built by Fountaine Pajot, Lagoon and Leopard.
We show you 1 more Catamaran, which didn't really meet ...
Ep92. In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we will take you on a guided tour of the Xquisite X5, which is a modern state of the art 50' Catamaran from Xquisite Yachts. This Catamaran has won awards for Best Catamaran, Most Innovative Catamaran and Best ...
This was recorded live to explain the upcoming trip where I will be sailing a 50' Discovery Catamaran across the Atlantic Ocean with Paul and Sheryl Shard from Distant Shores, from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands to St Lucia.
That sailing trip is suppose...
Ep93. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our needs as a full time Liveaboard future home.
In this episode we compare a Bali 40' and a Bali...
Ep94. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour one of our favorite boats from last year, the Majestic 530.
This boat is big. This boat has a beautiful wood interior and ...
Ep95. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour 2 more boats. The Antares 44i is known as a comfortable liveaboard sailboat and Outremer is known more for its blazing fast...
First full day in Barcelona. Walked around and this is just a sneak peak of some of the architectural beauty of the City like the La Sargrada Familia and the San Pau Art Nouveau. We looked at these things in one just 1 day and we will be checking out ple...
Raw Footage of walking through a typical Spanish Market in Barcelona Spain.
Unlike us in North American who tend to buy food in bulk at places like Costco and then freeze it and eat it when we get around to it. The Spanish tend to buy fresh food and eat ...
Sneak Peek Footage from La Sagrada De Familia in Barcelona (Designed by Antoni Gaudi). There is much more to show you but this is just a sample of what will be a much more detailed look in an upcoming full episode.
We just saw this Basilica today and th...
This is just a Sneak Peak of footage that will be part of a full episode. This show us going to a professional Soccer (Football) game in Valencia Spain. I don't know anything about Soccer and don't think I have watched an entire Soccer game in my life bu...
Ep96. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we begin the 5 week journey to explore Barcelona, Valencia, Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, then doing a Transatlantic Sailing Voyage before arriving St Lucia in the Caribbean.
This is the first episode where...
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