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Cruising Off Duty passes 9,000 Subscribers and the planned 10,000 sub Live Celebration Episode
Cruising Off Duty passed 9,000 Subscribers yesterday! We just wanted to thank everyone for their support and say that we really enjoy bringing these episodes to you. When we break 10,000 subscribers we plan to do a Live Celebration episode, where we will do a Q&A and answer any questions from ...
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 area of the St Lawrence and or eventual pla...
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 compactness of this drone make it perfect in my op...
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 of Baskin's Beach by using some foo...
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 hopefully convince him that the Liveabo...
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 drone footage. This one is more of th...
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 show a ton for drone footage that is a...
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 great time.
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 your boat. So we dinghy to shore and take adva...
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 Island as an anchorage. I am not sure why it is ...
Ep8. Why is the water brown and what is stuck on my anchor? Crystal Bay In Focus.
This Episode I talk about the pros and cons of Crystal Bay as an anchorage. I explain that thousands of sunken logs from the logging days 100 years ago, is the reason that the Ottawa River is brown and I show that sometimes when you pull up anchor, you may get more than you bargained for. For more...
Ep7 – Baskin’s Beach Party. Tragic events. Live life to the fullest.
This Episode of Cruising Off Duty covers the NSC party at Baskin's Beach. A good time was had by all, but a Boy drown just up river from where all our boats were anchored to attend this party. Then on our sail home, we watch a house on shore erupt into flames and burn to the ground. These ty...
EP6. Sailing Alone. How hard is it? What do you do when things go wrong?
Working shift work means I have days off when no one else does, so I sail the Ottawa River solo a lot. So how hard is it to sail alone? I will show you in this episode. You will follow me as I pack up the boat and sail towards a planned NSC party at Baskin's Beach. You have to be prepared ...
Ep4. What Is Stopping Us From Leaving The Ottawa River?
The Ottawa River has over 1000 sailboat boats registered to the 4 different Yacht and Sailing Clubs, but we are landlocked by the Deschene Rapids to the south and the Chat Falls Hydro Electric Dam to the north. In essence we are on a 27 mile long lake. This episode gives you areal (Drone) footage ...
Ep 3. Why a Cruising Sailboat is better than a Cottage. Tour Off Duty.
Why a Cruising Sailboat (Floating Cottage) is better than an actual cottage. Plus I give you a tour of Off Duty and why it has everything a cottage has but for much cheaper and with less problems. You can follow us on Facebook: Cruising Off Duty Or at www.Cruisingoffduty.com
Cruising Off Duty, Ep2. What we learned shipping our sailboat by truck.
What we learned when we shipped our sailboat a long distance (North Carolina to Ottawa Canada) on a truck across an international border and what it took to make a saltwater boat ready to be a freshwater boat. Check out episode 1 where we explain what we learned buying a cruising sailboat in the US...
Canada Day Weekend – Fireworks and Drone video of Constance Bay
This episode shows the Canada Day weekend spent at anchor in Constance Bay. It shows the storms the fireworks we got to see, and drone footage of Constance Bay. Canada Day was wet and windy but it was still really fun spending it with multiple boats and many friends anchored with us at Constance Ba...
Drone low and fast at Baskin’s Beach
Had fun last weekend on the boat at Baskin's Beach on the Ottawa River. Took out my drone ( Yuneec Q500 4K) and got some cool footage. Figured I'd post a fun drone only video. This is not a full numbered episode of Cruising Off Duty. I hope you enjoy it. If so please like and subscrib...
Cruising Off Duty Ep1 – How to buy a cruising sailboat.
We discuss how to buy a cruising sailboat. How to make sure your wife is onboard and what lessons we learned when we bought our sailboat. You can follow us on Facebook: Cruising Off Duty Or at www.Cruisingoffduty.com