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Exploring Lake Ontario Pt9. St Catharines. Great Beach, Ice Cream and shopping.
In this 9th episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we head to shore and explore St Catharines. When we arrived we realized the wall we were going to tie to was under construction so we anchored in front of the beautiful beach and dinghied to shore....
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt8. Hamilton. Don’t judge a book by its “industrial” cover
In this 8th episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we head to shore and explore Hamilton. When we sailed into Burlington Bay we were not excited about Hamilton because it looked very industrial, but, it was a lesson in don't judge a book by its cov...
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt7. Burlington & Hamilton. Stressful lift bridge. Is it high enough?
In this 7th episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we are exploring the bay where on one side is Burlington and the other side is Hamilton Ontario. To get in the bay you need to go through a process to pass under the Burlington lift bridge. The Br...
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt6. Oakville is beautiful but we had a night time intruder board our boat.
In this 6th episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we are exploring Oakville Ontario with is a clean and beautiful city west of Toronto. We have never been to Oakville by boat and we try to decide between anchoring out overnight or tying to a publi...
Exploring Lake Ontario Pt5. Sailing Toronto to Oakville. The weather is perfect. We even get wind!
In this 5th episode of the Exploring Lake Ontario Series, we leave Toronto and sail west to Oakville Ontario. We have never been to Oakville and we learn there are actually 2 harbours to go in and explore so we film them both. We are learning as we go so...
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 ...
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...
Tour our 1994 Beneteau 351. The “Perfect Floating Cottage”. Sailing trip to Toronto Canada plan.
Cruising Off Duty is back sailing in 2020 and we want to welcome you back on board as we explain our plan to leave this weekend to do a 2-3 week trip to Toronto and back. We will be leaving Kingston and going through the scenic Bay of Quinte then along th...
Sailing Season is Back On!!
We just got the news! The 2020 sailing season is back on. The city of Kingston has agreed to open their marinas and our boat will be launched June 2nd or 3rd. So in one week !!!! So much to do to get it ready. So that means plenty of more Cruising Off...
The Pandemic Cancels Our Sailing Season. Now what?
Last week we got the news that due to the Pandemic shutdowns the city of Kingston, which runs the marina that our sailboat is stored at is closed until at least Aug 31st and they will not be launching boats this season. So, our sailing season is cancelled...
🔴Is there a financial crisis coming? Does it change our future plans to live on a sailboat? Q&A
Join us on a Live Cruising Off Duty episode tomorrow, Thursday, Feb 27th, at 7pm (EST) when we will have an open Q&A episode where we can have an open dialogue with our viewers as to what, if anything, will change in our future plans of selling everything ...
The Coming Financial Collapse. How it will affect our future. Steps we have taken to prepare.
If you are like us, you believe the economy and the stock market has been pushed to inflated "bubble" prices by all of the world banks simultaneously printing money at record speeds, all in an attempt to keep interest rates at record lows and keep the long...
St Francis 50 Catamaran Review 2021 | Our Search For The Perfect Catamaran
The St Francis 50 is a super luxurious Catamaran designed to take a coupe or family around the Globe in comfort and luxury. However, what will we think of the design, price and safety of this beautiful boat? Leave us a comment, and don't forget to vote......
Seawind 1260 Catamaran Review 2021 & Prize Giveaway | Our Search For The Perfect Catamaran.
The Seawind 1260 was designed by sailors, for sailors. This 41ft Seawind is a bluewater capable catamaran with a very modest price tag. So modest in fact, that if you are saving for an offshore catamaran, this will get you over the line a few years earlier...