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Want to know where we are headed before we go?  Follow us on Facebook
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Want to know where we are headed before we go? Follow us on Facebook

This is a typical "Heads up" Video we post on Facebook. So if you want to know where we will be in the future, follow (or Like) Cruising Off Duty on Facebook. www.Facebook.com/CruisingOffDuty This weekend we are heading to Alexandria Bay and meeting with the Curator and the "Man in...
Visiting Beautiful Clayton NY by Sailboat.  How they overcame the record flooding.
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Visiting Beautiful Clayton NY by Sailboat. How they overcame the record flooding.

Ep131. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we sail to Clayton NY, which is a beautiful little town on the shores of the St Lawrence river, in the 1000 Islands area. Last year there was record flood levels that decimated many towns along the waterfront. Most Towns had their city docks underwater ...
🔴Live Episode: Exciting plans for 2018 sailing season and Q&A. 7pm EST.
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🔴Live Episode: Exciting plans for 2018 sailing season and Q&A. 7pm EST.

In this Live Episode of Cruising Off Duty we are going to tell you about the exciting changes and sailing plans for this 2018 sailing season. We will also answer any questions from the viewers at the end. If you want to send in some questions ahead of time, so we are prepared to answer your questi...
2018 Sailing Season has started.  New Cruising Off Duty Intro.  What do you think?
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2018 Sailing Season has started. New Cruising Off Duty Intro. What do you think?

The 2018 Sailing Season has begun. This is the new Cruising Off Duty Branded Intro. Since it will be played before most episodes, it has to be short, but I think it gives the Mantra of the Channel. Which is: You don't need to sail far and wide to see beautiful scenery. No matter where you...
Boldt Castle.  Breathtaking Crown Jewel of the 1000 Islands. (in 4K)
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Boldt Castle. Breathtaking Crown Jewel of the 1000 Islands. (in 4K)

Ep130. We motor 4 hrs down the St Lawrence River through the 1000 Islands to explore Boldt Castle. This is the Breathtaking Crown Jewel of the 1000 Islands. This Castle is just baffling at it's size and Opulence. George Boldt and his family were very wealthy and use to summer here on Heart...
Wolfe Island Ferry.   Anchoring Issues!  Wind/Weeds cause every boat to drag.
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Wolfe Island Ferry. Anchoring Issues! Wind/Weeds cause every boat to drag.

Ep129. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we head to Kingston and take the Free Wolfe Island Ferry across to explore the island by using our Folding Bikes. Then I sailed into the 1000 Islands, to Brakey Bay, on a friends boat and the combination of high winds and really dense weeds causes every...
Get good use out of your sailboat.  Learn to sail solo.  A must if you work shift work.
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Get good use out of your sailboat. Learn to sail solo. A must if you work shift work.

In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, I take my sailboat out solo to meet my friends up river at Simcoe Island. If you want to get a lot of use out of your sailboat, then you have to get comfortable taking your sailboat out alone. This is especially true if you work shift work, like I do, and are ...
Evolution of the Hobby Drone in 2 yrs.  Introducing the DJI Tello.  Small $99 drone!
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Evolution of the Hobby Drone in 2 yrs. Introducing the DJI Tello. Small $99 drone!

We are amazed how the Hobby Drone technology has changed in just a little over 2 years. When I started my Cruising Off Duty channel I was filming with the Yuneec Q500 4K, which was a good drone but was big. My friend Terry then got the Phantom 3 Pro which is a bit smaller. Then I got my new drone...
“Snake Island” Part 2.  Exploring abandoned buildings filled with all sorts of critters.  Ep126
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“Snake Island” Part 2. Exploring abandoned buildings filled with all sorts of critters. Ep126

Ep126. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue Part 2 of the "Snake Island" trip. We take our son Jake to an Island we have been to before, Main Duck Island. The Island is obviously a misnomer because we never see any Ducks but you can't go 10 feet without seeing a snake....
Sail To The Middle of Lake Ontario.  “Snake Island”.  If you don’t like snakes, DON’T COME HERE!
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Sail To The Middle of Lake Ontario. “Snake Island”. If you don’t like snakes, DON’T COME HERE!

Ep125. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we take our son Jake to an Island we have been to before, Main Duck Island. The Island is obviously a misnomer because we never see any Ducks but you can't go 10 feet without seeing a snake. That is the whole reason Jake really wanted to come sail...
Update: Boat repaired.  Better than new?  Ready for Sailing Season!  We launch May 4th.
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Update: Boat repaired. Better than new? Ready for Sailing Season! We launch May 4th.

Good news! Yesterday we went and saw our boat and it looked awesome! Even better than we expected. Let's hope it warms up soon because we have booked our boat to be launched on May 4th. Here comes sailing season ! ⛵🎉
Behind the Scenes. My Video Production and Editing Set-Up (iMac Pro).  Sail around the world plans
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Behind the Scenes. My Video Production and Editing Set-Up (iMac Pro). Sail around the world plans

This is a "Behind The Scenes" video. This type of content will be be sent out to only the Cruising Off Duty Patrons in the future. I decided, this one time, to publish this to the regular viewers a day or so after the Patrons see it because there has been a lot of interest in how much I ...
Sailing Episodes Are Back!  1000 Islands. We explore with a new outboard motor !  Ep124
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Sailing Episodes Are Back! 1000 Islands. We explore with a new outboard motor ! Ep124

We are back to episodes showing sailing the 1000 Islands. This episode was from the end of last season. Episodes from the Annapolis Sailboat Show and the TransAtlantic Passage seemed more time sensitive so all of the last third of the 2017 sailing season got left to edit into episodes, until now. ...
Cruises. Most Economical & Fun way to explore multiple Caribbean Islands in one vacation?  YES!
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Cruises. Most Economical & Fun way to explore multiple Caribbean Islands in one vacation? YES!

Ep123. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our series where we use a Cruise Ship to get around the Caribbean to do excursions at each Island we visited. We did scuba diving at 3 different islands. Grand Cayman, Roatan and Belize. This episode we stop in Cozumel, Mexico. The Cruise s...
Starting a new channel.  Average Tech Fan.  Tech reviews and announcements of Future Tech.
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Starting a new channel. Average Tech Fan. Tech reviews and announcements of Future Tech.

Hi, It's Craig with an announcement that I am starting a new channel called, Average Tech Fan. There will also be a new website called www.AverageTechFan.com. In the last 18 months that I have been filming the Cruising Off Duty channel, I have bought A LOT of Cameras, Gimbals, Drones, Computer...
Bad Scuba Experience, Belize. Dive Master leaves me Stranded and lost.  Ep121
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Bad Scuba Experience, Belize. Dive Master leaves me Stranded and lost. Ep121

Ep121. Bad Scuba Experience in Belize. Dive Master leaves me stranded and lost on a dive. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our series where we use a Cruise Ship to get around the Caribbean to go scuba diving at 3 different islands. This is the episode where we take a Dive excurs...
Roatan. The Best Scuba Diving of our trip!   Cruising the Caribbean.  Ep120
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Roatan. The Best Scuba Diving of our trip! Cruising the Caribbean. Ep120

Ep120. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our series where we use a Cruise Ship to get around the Caribbean to go scuba diving at 3 different islands. This is the episode where we take a Dive excursion at Roatan. We have to say, this is the best Scuba Diving of our 3 locations, Grand...
Scuba Diving at the Grand Cayman Island.  Ep119
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Scuba Diving at the Grand Cayman Island. Ep119

Ep119. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty we continue our series where we use a Cruise Ship as our way to get around the Caribbean and scuba dive at 3 different islands. This is the episode where we take an excursion at the Grand Cayman Island to go Scuba Diving. The water warm, beautifully blue...
Going Cruising to get to Scuba Dive 3 different Caribbean Islands.  Cayman, Roatan, Belize. Ep118
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Going Cruising to get to Scuba Dive 3 different Caribbean Islands. Cayman, Roatan, Belize. Ep118

Ep118. In most episodes of Cruising Off Duty, the "Cruising" refers to cruising on a sailboat but in this episode, we are actually going Cruising on a Cruise Ship. Janice and I love taking cruises to economically get us around to see different islands in the Caribbean. Last year we got ...
Sailing a 50′ Catamaran across the Atlantic and What I Learned.  I’m a guest speaker at NSC. Ep117.
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Sailing a 50′ Catamaran across the Atlantic and What I Learned. I’m a guest speaker at NSC. Ep117.

I was asked to be a guest speaker at my old sailing club (The Nepean Sailing Club) to talk about my Transatlantic Sailing voyage on a 50' Catamaran. It took 22 days to cross the Ocean and I will show you, through video clips taken from the 12 episodes I created for the passage, what I experie...
Transatlantic Passage #13. Catch a Wahoo and Land Ho!  Arrive in St Lucia after 22 days at sea.
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Transatlantic Passage #13. Catch a Wahoo and Land Ho! Arrive in St Lucia after 22 days at sea.

Ep116 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 19 to the end of the passage (Day 22). We catch a Wahoo. We finally get some wind and really see how fast this Catamaran can really sail when we have decent winds and we make Landfall...
Transatlantic Passage #12.  Catch a Mahi Mahi.  A satellite burns up in the night sky for us to see.
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Transatlantic Passage #12. Catch a Mahi Mahi. A satellite burns up in the night sky for us to see.

Ep115 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 15 to 18 of the passage. We finally get some wind. We catch a Mahi Mahi and we watch a Satellite or other space junk go flaming across the night sky for us to watch in awe. It was the...
Transatlantic Passage #11.  Swimming In The Middle Of The Atlantic and Sushi from our 1st Fish.
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Transatlantic Passage #11. Swimming In The Middle Of The Atlantic and Sushi from our 1st Fish.

Ep114 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 13 and 14 of the passage. The wind dies so much we have to drift in the middle of the Ocean. We take this opportunity to swim 800 miles from the closest land and where the depth is 70...
Transatlantic Passage #10.  Dolphins visit and Thanks Giving Dinner at Sea. Ep113
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Transatlantic Passage #10. Dolphins visit and Thanks Giving Dinner at Sea. Ep113

Ep113 - In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic Sailing Passage series. We cover days 9 through 12 of the passage. You will see that a bird flies into our boat and hits me in the head. We have a massive pod of dolphins swim at our bow for longer than I have ever seen a...
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