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Sailing the 1000 Islands. Exploring Loyalist Cove and Bath, Ont. Ep72.
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...
Sailing the 1000 Islands. Loyalist Cove, Bath, Ontario. Ep71
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...
Sailing the 1000 Islands. Exploring the bays of Howe Island and Wolfe Island. Ep69 (4K)
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...
First Sail of the Season up the St Lawrence along the Kingston Waterfront. Ep66
Ep66. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we do the best we can to make some quick fixes to the boat so we can use it this summer. No boat yards are available to work on our boat for months so temporary fixes are going to have to do for now. We get ou...
Fix damaged boat and start exploring the St Lawrence and the 1000 Islands. Milton Island. Ep65
In This episode of Cruising Off Duty, we go to our boat for the first time since the collision and try and get it fixed up enough to allow us to continue exploring the 1000 Islands area of the St Lawrence and Great Lakes this summer. We get to explore ou...
Owning a sailboat is not all fun and relaxation. Lots of work to get it ready to sail. Ep61 COD.
Having a Sailboat has been something we have never regretted. But owning a sailboat is much more than cruising along on a beautiful summer's day and then anchoring for "Sundowners". There is a lot of work required to take a boat from winter storage to re...
Trailer. What’s Happened and Where Are We Going In The Future
This Trailer explains what has happened in the past season of Cruising Off Duty and what is coming up in our short and long term future. The future is exciting with things like an upcoming BVI catamaran charter, our next season sailing in the 1000 Island...
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...
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 EP16 – Baskin’s Beach Pros and Cons
We tried to go out and get one last weekend on the sailboat but the weather just isn't cooperating. Clearly winter is coming. It sucks to be a sailor in Canada and have such a short sailing season. So this episode is going to go over the Pros and Cons o...
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...