Becoming ONE with the Swamp | Sailing the Great Dismal Swamp 

Hope you all enjoyed this episode of our trip down the Dismal Swamp! Don't forget to check out the 🧩puzzles 🧩 of this trip over on the shop in www.beauandbrandy.com

Gorgeous! My grandfather used to tell stories about outlaws hiding in the swamp, and never coming out. 😂😎

You should definitely be sponsored by Hanes! That's so beautiful - the closing shot of the swamp. Creepy but beautiful.

wow Awesome swamp description! Brandy has a gift. She should be a writer!

Bar none, your best vlog.. From an Ole mullet chaser from Florida, this was pretty cool... As long as I didn't hear any banjos, I knew the story had a nice ending and pleasant storyline!! Course your not through GA yet!!. 😮. Thanks for the ride... BTW,, your drone footage was a fantastic view. Made me really get a feel for the adventure. Nice work.. The slow mo's of the river, were a nice touch too. Very documentary like.

What a wonderful place to sail through. You two are blessed to experience such a magical place. Love the show.

Drone recovery by "Beau" yea buddy, that cold water will make even the stiffest of problems just shrink right on down to nothing real fast. LOL Glad you were able to recover the drone and footage.

Nice views. I did the trip in 1982 in a 23ft sailboat 10 hp outboard. I really enjoyed it then and I'm reliving it thru ur vid. Many Thanks.

One hand for you and one for the boat, Brandi!!!! Very nice episode- GET SOUTH!! 🤗 ❤

No Wake, No Problem - Official Saoirse Motto (Probably)

I had no idea the Dismal Swamp was so beautiful! 😍😍

Great video thank you! I made that same trip in the fall of 1978 in a Bristol 27. At that time there was one turning Bridge that was operated by hand by the operator walking around in circles to rotate the roadway. He would open the bridge on demand if he was in a good mood. Otherwise you might have to wait quite a while. If you are impatient and blew your horn more than once you would definitely have to wait quite a while.

Glad you recovered it. Those were some awesome shots! What a beautiful place. Thanks for the history lesson too.

Dude!!! I experienced significant shrinkage from merely watching you jump in that frigid water! 😂

Absolutely beautiful!

WOW! that drone shot were you glide through the leaves, completely otherworldly 👀 👍👍👍👍👌

Hello We are on a journey of our own and have followed you for years. Just heard you on the radio calling to Onslow Bridge. We were so excited! We are heading back to Michigan and will continue to enjoy your videos. We are COLD AS WELL. Bob And Lori Frak

BEAUTIFUL, relaxing video! Bravo & thank you!!

Cool sail in the swamp. Beautiful trees and the sounds of the birds, wow. Always enjoy your videos.

i used to take canoe trips though the swamp with my dad. That was 45 years or so ago, but it brings up so much memories.

Hi Beau and brandy. Wow, what a beautiful place of pass through absolutely one place that is very peaceful. Keep up the good work from Australia.

My old home town Spent many days in the swamp

😀😀👍👍👍❤ Sorry about the drone but the footage was fabulous. This trip through the swamp is something that very few can say they have done. It's like going back in time for sure. Thanks again for this great video. Bye from another boat owner in Seattle, WA.

Yall easing my homesickness with this one. I left Virginia mid 2020 but always watch Turn, Outlander and such to quench my tears, or let them flow. Im ever so grateful for yall. Im happy Beau didn't get bit by the crawdads or Dismal dank lurking. Courage meets crazy in his wading through. I hope yall have a big enough bag of rice to dry out the drone! Your most humble n gracious followers, Laurie Hamilton ( and daughter Skylar ❤️ and yes, our blue bully Sage loves yall too!)

...that was interesting about the swamp water, Beau!

Swamp route closed in January and isn’t scheduled to reopen till the end of March.

Wowza beautiful swamp sail! That bird call at the end was sooooo cool. ❤❤

1st...congratulations on your 52.1 subscribers....we all love watching your adventures...meeting new friends and enjoying each other and you know I love the drone shots 😎😃

That view is a lot nicer than the view on the highway that parallels the canal on the way to Elizabeth City. Stina and I drove through there last summer. I was also picturing it as dark and mysterious from the name.

Did a dismal swamp trip headed north on our Pearson 365 in 21'. Also an electric sailboat. Very pretty and really low traffic that day so uneventful in a good way. Water was glassy smooth and reflected like a mirror. Really pretty that. Only complaint was the ~95F temp that day, but we survived. Buy the boiled peanuts in the visitor center!

Looks much colder than the Bahamas!! 😁

The Great Dismal swap was so beautiful. thank you for sharing this with us

Great footage, thank you. My teen years were lived in Ohio & the colors on the trees by the water reminded me of my former home - running & cross-country races. Take care & enjoy - these are the moments of your life!!!! 💙🇺🇸💚👍😇

Beautiful. Your storytelling just keeps getting better and better. Great video and editing.

Really great video especially in contrast to all those South Pacific cruisers. At one point you were going so slow, I thought you posted a still image. Again, great change of pace.

Wonderful vid….awesome pics. Well done and TY!

My draft is 6.5', so I guess that would be a no-go for me. What a beautiful experience it must have been.

Loved the Dismal Swamp. The free docks were an added bonus! Great drone footage...and recovery. Thanks for the video.

Beautiful but brrrr, I remember living in northern Europe sailing in winter, taking an inland cur, beautiful yes but man I appreciated the heater. Living in the Tropics now, never want to go back to the cold, especially if the freezing wind kicks in. You are luck with that forest stopping the wind.

Those were dredger teeth for canal dredging barge

My boat lives about 90 miles south just off of Pamlico Sound. I hope to run the Swamp sometime in the near future. I've only had the boat since September.

Wow, that was really beautiful and relaxing 🤗💞

Brandy's lost her tan. I hope the drone dried out. I'm like old school. I got to figure out how to become a patron . You two are worth it so I got to figure it. I've been watching you guys for years. Thank you for all that you do and I will become a patron soon I will figure it out if I got to get my daughter to help me. Ty

So enjoyable, beautiful scenery and the autumn colours, thanks for taking me along through Saoirse's swampy ghosts, I was there.🦩🦅

❤👍🏻🙌🏼beautiful scenery

Excellent episode and beautiful area. I wonder if you successfully restored the drone. Sounds like a bald eagle there at the end, or maybe an osprey.

Great and unique video. Thanks.

Lucky you! I went through in June. Deer fly galore! Broke 3 swatters in a day.

Great video adventure. Very cool idea with the Picturesque puzzles. Gotta check’em out 👍. Good drone recovery Beau. Still working?

Incredible videography in this one. There are 2 kinds of drone pilots; those that have crashed and those that will crash…and the shots were great! Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

South and warm is the best.

Hello, I'm Mike, I was born in Norfolk, Va. When I was in my 20's I would spend lots of time in Sea Shore State Park, which is on the Va. Beach side of the swamp. I remember catching 26 snakes in one afternoon there. By sailing through you really missed the swamp. It was a good and interesting episode. Thanks.

I was expecting , you guys to say to each other " I hear banjos' while cruising the ditch !

great views reminds me of when we would rent a sonata 7 and go down the Myall River from Bulahdelah NSW which opens to the Myall lakes just north of Newcastle NSW Australia check it out on earth. 4 adults and one small child for 7 days great fun

So, the water resembles tea....which is made by soaking leaves in water giving it color and acidity🫖Also that acidity can be used in tanning processes. I once tanned leather in oak leaf "tea".

Those big pointy rusty thingys are cutter heads, not sure of the correct name for them, used for dredging.

Love you guys! Thanks for teaching me something new about my home state. I've canoed in the Great Dismal Swamp, but didn't know about the tannic acid and water quality. Very interesting! Safe travels. ❤

Amazing. Than you.

this is where your variable draft pays HUGE dividends

Wonderful episode!

It is beautiful

That was awesome! Even the background music is spot on. I will say i'm glad you were not in Florida when Beau jumped over board to retrieve the drone. Love you both! ❤

It’s beautiful

Hope you got your drone fixed .lost mine last November it crashed in salt water. All the electrics were fried.😢 waiting till I can afford a replacement .

OMG. The exact same thing happened to my drone in the Dismal Swamp. I launched it when we were between tall trees, it didn't pick up the GPS signal (presumably). It got very confused, and then flew sideways into a tree and fell into the water. I never found it. The mourning process I went through ruined the rest of my trip through the Swamp. Then I laughed it off and got over it. I guess losing drones is an occupational hazard when you take the risk of flying over the water like you do. I'm very glad you got your drone back. Love your channel. Many thanks! Keep up the good work! The little footage I did get (starts at 2:31) was at the other end of the Swamp and is on this video. I was going north. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NXdoti_AQbw.html

Awesome video

I hope your drone still works? I put my mast into a tree during this passage and had to clim the mast to get the limbs out before we got laughed out of Norfolk

What drone do you use and do you have any moving sailboat landing tips. And when did you do this trip?

What are the MAX dimensions of a boat to go thru the swamp?

Good

Just so you know... The bird that can be heard at the 22:00 Minute mark is a BALD EAGLE. Did you see him or just hear him?

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put some pool noodle pieces on the drone?

Just curious: you guys sailed offshore north but ICW south. What was the reason for that choice ?. I am hoping to go south in a couple of years and the many lock coordination, risk of grounding and traffic in the ICW makes me hesitate to take that path. You guys have done both so just curious what made you choose one versus the other ...

Looks like you shot this video last fall.

1000 piece puzzle?

So,..this was last fall?