ICW Boat Trip - NY to Florida ep10 The Dismal Swamp
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2022
- Our boat journey continues from Norfolk Virginia through the great Dismal swamp onwards to Elizabeth City North Carolina. After a stormy day prior, the crew of Happy Ours takes its last few looks at Navy warships before heading up the dismal creek, through its canal and locks and finally to the welcoming Elizabeth City with its free docks and hospitality.
Join the crew of Happy Ours as it travels from New York to Cape Coral Florida along America’s Great Loop and intracoastal waterway down the east coast.
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This is why I love UA-cam. I had never even heard of the Dismal Swamp. Thanks for sharing your trip. Looks pretty amazing.
Goin on a boat trip from the comfort of inside
@@HeilRay Only if it's bad weather, otherwise put me out there. Too many places to boat all of them, but my goal is to die trying.
Turn that boat around and go back to ny... sincerely a real Floridian🖕
Me too! My son often calls “What are you up to?” “I’m traveling via UA-cam!” I’ve learned so much!
This looks like a place where the mosquitos consider something like "OFF" or "Deet" as human salad dressing.
There is a multi use trail that runs parallel to the water. It's the biting flies that are terrible.
@@rayb1330 I can believe it. Horse flies can bite like Hell.
A torrent of biting flies is omnipresent.
It 100% is. I used to live about a mile from there.
Off is on, and Deet is sweet!
The Skeeters!
The signs on the 95 through Virginia always cracked me up “ The Great Dismal Swamp”
Wound up taking the Dismal Swamp route by mistake once...at night... a moonless night, on board a 90 foot 60 ton head boat. To say we were glad to get to the lock and tie up until morning is an understatement.
Wow ..did ya do any prop damage?
I don’t think so. Hard to tell with all the traveling we did. Now it’s being repaired from hurricane Ian so their is that damage.
Wow boats are gas guzzlers, i knew this, just didnt know it was that bad!!
This speed is their high mpg
We went thru in 2014 when Robert was lock master. RIP Robert. He told us to just take our time on our journey to the Florida Keys. He also said forget about time. You'll get there when you get there. Enjoy the trip.
Wise man!
In my teens in the 80s I worked a sightseeing boat from the James to the Great Dismal Swamp, back then there were four locks and you had to wait there was so much traffic. They have tried to allow the swamp to reclaim, stupid if you ask me will cost Virginia in the future when the ICW is impassable through the swamp. Oh and you noted the color of the water, back in the day we called it the coke a cola river.
That “abandoned” bridge is for access to private property on the other side. Farmland, house, barn. I’ve done some dove hunting there. If you noticed, the bridge is stored on the south (right) side of the canal. It can be extended over the canal when needed.
The Intracoastal waterway is up and down the east Coast !
The reflection makes a good photo
water color in the dismal looked Amazonian very interesting lil slice of the u.s.
Dismal swamp is quite tranquil
ports... muth. = portsmouth... I'm a local so I know. great vid.
That’s some serious duckweed
(6;20 mark) That is a bridge the farmers used to go from HWY 17 across the water to maintain the farm fields.........
Stopped at the school also. Was befriended by the school's minister who gave us the use of his personal automobile to go shopping. A super guy! He even ran a water hose out to our boat for our convenience while we were there (3 days I think)
I really enjoyed this. My mother who is 100 yrs old , visited the dismal swamp and went on a canoe tour of the swamp in the 1940's. She said the guide was a older gentleman with a white beard who recited the "Lady of the Lake" from memory. He also insisted that they drink the water from the swamp as it had healing properties. He rinsed out a old tin can and that was passed around.
The last part is insane
@@alexandrep4913 Well she lived to 100 so...
I had read the same claims about the healing properties. It was treasured back in the day. I believe George Washington also had the same beliefs and used it for his troops.
I lived in Elizabeth City for about a year, a little over 20 years ago when I was still in the Navy. Neat little town. Some of the biggest snakes I have ever seen in the wild I saw there in Pasquotank County.
Gosh, I think they should rename it, "The Beautiful Swamp." Some nice photography for sure. I like the little Lock Keepers house. The greenery off to the sides is lush beyond belief. Thank you for producing these fine video's without a bunch of hype. Anyone who loves the outdoors gets finger nicks on a weekly basis. We sure have a beautiful nation.
Yes those lock keepers have a nice job!
I have wanted to see the Dismal Swamp since I was young. This video showed it is like I picture. As if you are the only person on earth. Thanks for sharing.
Bizarre, eerie landscape
Right about 6:30 in the video, you passed a set of barges that are used to move farm equipment and right after that is the cut to Lake Drummond. Wild grapes in the fall of the year.
Thanks, that was one of the best video logs of a trip on the Dismal Swamp Canal I think I have seen. That trip has been on my bucket list for a while.
Didn't even know this was possible so many things to do in this life
16:35 that Chris craft is nice
Been thru here a number of times on my 34 ft sailing catamaran. Got stuck at the visitor center for 10 days because high water from a passing hurricane prevented the locks from working.😮
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Thank you I’m gonna b a shrimp boat captain when I grow up
Secret... Just by the entrance to the Deep Creek locks entrance off to your port side, there is a wild cherry tree. Hit it when they ripen and feast. The cut to South Mills is known as one that George Washington surveyed as a young man, the water exiting from Lake Drummond was coveted for its keeping fresh on long sea voyages. The tannins and tannic acid were responsible for the keeping the water fresh. It's been almost 60 years since the canal became one of my favorite fresh water swimming spots. Don't worry about the water moccasins. Just swim faster.
Lambs Marina, and now renovated restaurant in Camden is now open. This Albemarle area is my home. I was also born in Belhaven. Brackish life. Cool to see a video of it. Thanks for the journey down the “as I know it” George Washington canal!
My goodness that is such a gorgeous view and journey in the channel.
The creek is eerily beautiful with the lush green going right down to the water
Nice bridges @ 13:39!!!!!
Two true athletes conquering the world!
Great video! "Dismal Swamp" was one of my favorite lessons back in middle school!
In my younger years I was in a Sea Explorer Ship in Norfolk and we rowed from
Town Point to Elizabeth City every Summer, over-nighting at the South Mills Lock.
Our best time was 13 hours and 16 minutes.
This is a cool video, I live in EC myself. I'm surprised to see this video recommended to me lol
When you're reading off the spreadsheet, I got a real strong Teddy from Bob's Buger's vibe. Thanks for sharing!
This was so relaxing. I thoroughly enjoyed this trip. Thank you.
I’m one of those landlubber who loves the swamp and to stop at the rest area and park.
Looks like a fun place to visit. Wish we had time to stay overnight
thanks for the rarely seen scenery and your calm style.
Really enjoyable watch. As a UK based boater I'm envious of how beautifully maintained everything is. The facilities on the inland waterways in the east of England where I'm based are shocking in comparison.
'Merica
Just bought a 2007 341 last week for traveling the Great Lakes with my wife and three small kids and just wanted to say how much we enjoy your videos and how much they have helped us with knowledge on maintenance on this boat.
Safe travels and keep them coming, great work!
Thanks and good luck! Any questions you have, let me know!
oh my, howd that Go
Went great!
What you thought was an old train track is a bridge that a farmer extends to move farm machinery across the canal. Those little floats you passed have a chain running across the canal usually on the bottom so they hop on and pull themselves across.
Great video. Thank you.
This is incredible, thanks for sharing you adventure
I been wanting to take my cruiser on this trip ..I don't have a good navigation software yet...
The Navionics app or Aquamaps are affordable alternatives to use when navigating with a tablet with gps capabilities. Or even you smartphone.
How surreal, with that perfect reflection....
Awesome video. 👍👏 Nice boat 🛥 BTW
Brave flying a drone near trees over water! But it's what gave us such great footage. I'm adding this detour to our future plans on the Great Loop.
Brave or stupidity. Lol. It struck a branch and luckily didn’t crash. You can see that footage in the video. I cut it just as it hit branch. Lol
You’ve definitely got to avoid using the “return to home” button. I’ve seen a few boating videos where they forgot that their boat had moved on from the launch point 😂
I was born in Long Island & reside in Florida Thank God! I've built boats for Meridian and some of that green crap may be Cyanobacteria which is very common in fresh water
Passing through some good fishing holes......
Blackbeard (the pirate) used to stay in Elizabeth City as his homebase I hear. Lots of cool history for that town.
Very cool.
Just stumbled on this channel... Wow, does this bring back some wonderful memories! Next opportunity you have to stop at the DSwamp Visitor's Center, they keep daily entry book of those vessels and crew who've stopped and registered. My first trip through the canal was with my Dad in 2000. We came back a few years later and they dug out our old entry and made us a copy. For me the really interesting info was about the water that looks like root beer. A little research revealed that sailing vessels preparing for extended time at sea would load up their water barrels with this swamp water. The chemicals in it coming from the swamp made the water great to drink and it would last for months at sea. Be well, be safe!
Absolutely awesome 👍
Made the trip from Cape May NJ to Ft. Lauderdale in 1991 on my parents brand new 45 Viking Yacht. Your videos bring back awesome and cherished memories. Like taking the trip all over again. Not much has changed. Keep up the amazing videos. Tight Lines and fair seas
Been making this drive pretty often that runs parallel to this! Cool to see what it looks like from a boat POV
It is called the George Washington Canal. Yes our 1st president was also a surveyor and carved out the route. Along the shoreline there are many buried or toppled granite posts that were used to tie the barges and horses that pulled them through the canal back 200+ years ago. No motorboats of course, and sailboats wouldn't work.
Boat reminds me of our 1990 harbor master 520 coastal
Wow this was interesting to watch, a real different environment from what I grew up in on Oahu.
Hey guys I ran across your channel and I absolutely Love vou're video I live in central Florida on the West CoastI have been around boats all my life I have owned many boats I buy and sell and fix them up I would love to do your trip someday big thank you for the video
Absolutely Beautiful I would love to do something like this I honestly knew nothing of this kind of deal. Wow 👌
Very informative. Laid back cruise! Thanks for taking the time to make the video it was awesome.
It was good seeing this video. I used to go canoeing in the canals there back in the mid-80s. The water looks like coffee.
that swamp is right near one of my fave skydive places
This is Awesome!
Great boat man, I went to school in front of the deep Creek locks and bridge. back in the 70's the water was 6 ft lower.
Looks like a great adventure. Enjoy!
I pretty much take this route (By land) every day at work! Awesome to see it from the water's point of view. I'm dying for a boat! LOL! Great Video!
Get a boat with a enclosed wheel house unless you like the mosquitos !
Grew up In The southwest. Never knew about this. I want to visit
Thanks for the trip captain
I would of been tossing Swimbaits the whole way 🤣
This is a nice little cabin cruiser nice trip on the water soon pleasant
Looks like a fun paddle in a kayak also
I used to live in Elizabeth City. I miss it tremendously. What an amazing area.
Inspirational
Other than the trees that looks exactly like the GITMO river in Cuba. We were stationed there in the 90s and would cruise up and down the river to catch snook, the river there was lined with mangroves but looked the same.
I can vouch for the traffic hating you at the George Washington bridge just past the lock. I have to close a lane right there once or twice a year to exercise some valves for the waste water system and i have never been cursed at by so many people than there. People just dont have any patience anymore.That bridge is set to be rebuilt and widened here in not too long and should hopefully ease congestion.
I was a little kid had in the early 60's when my dad brought me and my brother through here in our little 17 foot Thompson. I remember seeing snakes and that made an impression.
Would love to revisit. Great video
Tom - what a fascinating journey. Seems so remote and distant - until you put the bird up into the air. Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I worked with the local power utility for many years up that way. Many of the sites in your video I have seen over those years, but never from your perspective... always from the banks. It was like a trip down memory lane as you progressed. Thanks for sharing. That was awesome.
Thanks for the ride!
Stunning
Very cool part of the ICW. I’ll have to explore it myself someday. Thanks for sharing.
Way cool video. Visited Dismal Swamp once, but your video shows a whole lot more from a boat. Very enjoyable to watch.
Living the dream!
This is the first video of yours that I've seen. Well done. I have a sailboat so it's fun to see how the other half lives.
I wish I had seen this earlier, I'd have recommended going to Cypress Creek Grill in Elizabeth City for dinner. Good food and right across the street from where you tied up for the night. I rode my motorcycle there on a six-state trip last summer stayed there for two nights at the Hampton Inn and rode into the outer banks both days and had a relaxing time. Then I headed to South Carolina. I started in NJ.
I don’t recall seeing it. We didn’t have many options that were open. Maybe next time!
@@AdventuresofHappyOurs It is right where the bridge is you had to pass to get dock space. That section where the buildings all are to the right of your space. Its in an old storefront. Yeah, next time consider it.
Hiiii, Captain! 👋🏻
😊
When you grab the drone flip it quickly upside down and it will shut off. Enjoying the trip.
Great tip thanks!
Love the videos and the adventure.
I also wondered about the route, but I see the responses.
Very interesting; thank you.
Interesting. Of all the deliveries through the years, I've never gone this route. I usually do Great Bridge to Coinjock to Albermarle Sound.
I wouldn’t take the swamp route on deliveries unless the sound is whipped up bad.
Greener than I remember but the same seawater strainer problem , stay safe out there 👍👍🇺🇸
Well that was different. So interesting the different parts of our country. Thanks for sharing
That looks like a interesting part of the loop.
Beautiful scenery for a Dismal Swamp. Loved the extra video.
Great
Thx
So beautiful so green!
Thx for vids
Incredible excursion! Best wishes for a brilliant future.
GREAT VIDEO!!! 🙂👍