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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.
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?
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
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.
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
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
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...
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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...