Boating Lake Ontario YouTube Videos
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Exploring Lake Ontario Pt3. Cobourg to Pickering. Beautiful Bay to anchor in near Toronto
In this 3rd episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we leave Cobourg and decide to have another long day so we could get to Frenchman's Bay in Pickering, which is just a stone's throw to our Toronto where we had plans for Canada Day. The Bay is prot...
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt2. Bay of Quinte via Murray Canal to Cobourg. It’s Cold in July?
In this 2nd episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we leave the Bay of Quinte through the Murray Canal and head west along the North shore of Lake Ontario to Cobourg. I guess the water of Lake Ontario is so cold it is making the air cold enough to ...
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt1. Kingston to Belleville. Bay of Quinte
This is Part 1 of our 3-week sailing adventure around Lake Ontario. In this episode, we leave Kingston and head west through the protected inner Bay of Quinte and Murray Canal Passage.
Engine not being cooled. Replacing the broken seacock while in the water.
So, this was an unexpected start to our 3-week sailing trip. Our seacock broke in the closed position and we noticed it on the morning we were to leave Kingston to circumnavigate Lake Ontario. Had we not noticed the problem the engine would have overheat...
Have an SUP? Hate pumping it up? Seamax SUP20D Pro Review. It has saved my arms.
Have a SUP, Inflatable Kayak or Dinghy and hate the arm blasting workout it takes to get it inflated every time you want to use it? We did and because of that, we were not using our SUP as much as would like to until we bought this product. We paid our o...
Sailing the 1000 Island in Canada, in the Fall, It’s BRISK! Sailing to Hay Island and Sugar Island.
In this episode, we were nearing the end of the 2018 sailing season here in the 1000 Islands. Sailing in the fall is beautiful but at times (and especially at night) it can be Brisk. Even though it was super chilly at times, Janice still goes swimming! ...
Kingston. Our favorite city to visit by boat. Ep85
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...
Ep84 Sailing Across Lake Ontario. Pt1. Weird weather!
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...
Sailing to Oswego NY and finding out what it has to offer (with drone footage). Ep83
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 ...
Ep82. Sackets Harbor. Ghost Town. Like a scene from the Walking Dead
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...
Exploring Duck Island (AKA Snake Island), by foot and by drone. Ep80
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...
Sailing to Duck Island. “Snake Island”. Seeing if it lives up to it’s name. Ep79
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...
Biking Wine Country, Cider Tastings. A windstorm drags our boat away without us. Ep78
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 ...
Sailing through a storm to Waupoos. Almost blew out our sails. Lessons Learned. Ep77
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...