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reelapeelin
07-27-2013, 07:19 PM
While visiting Mr Krink...uh Lee...we decided to take a V20 ride...little did I know I would wind up in a place I read about in books and saw on history TV shows...

Anyway, Capt Krin...Lee guides me down to the Byrum Boating Facility (aptly named after the guy who donated it to the Byrum Compound)

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Clearly he's got this thing worked out...walk out, flip a switch, splash the V

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As we pull away from the Byrum Estate (seen in background), Lee studies the waterway ahead with the intensity of a dog after a meaty bone...

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The big 350 roars to life and off we go...

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The big 350 scoots us quickly across open water and up the ditch...

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Instant isolation...from civilization to backwater isolation of this stretch of the ICW...

Then Dismal Swamp...Martha's Ditch...hand dug by slaves under the direction of Geo Washington...

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And so full of swarming Yellow Flies, we didn't stick around for the history lesson...

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We blasted on by big boy and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon...If you've never been on the water ways in the Elizabeth City area, try it some time..lots more to do than just Dismal Swamp...oh and be sure to look out for the blue topped V20 I/O...Capt's too much fun to be around!!...:fam:
garagenc
07-27-2013, 09:19 PM
Glad you got to see some history around here. I can't wait to go your way and see some of your landscape.

We did have a fun time, shame it had to end.

Good fun, boat time and Willy's hootch.
macojoe
07-28-2013, 06:20 AM
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cfelton
07-28-2013, 06:33 AM
Great Pics! I need ta get over there myself. I've always wanted to put the V in here at Cannons Ferry boat landing and run all the way to Oregon Inlet. I think it would be a nice ride. Just not sure where I could get gas along the way.
Hedge
07-28-2013, 08:37 AM
Looks like a great time. Great pics as well.. I'm ready for an Eastern NC get together.
willy
07-28-2013, 10:51 AM
I couldn't think of two better Bastid's to drink my hooch than you guys.
reelapeelin
07-28-2013, 02:22 PM
I couldn't think of two better Bastid's to drink my hooch than you guys.

Your hooch been gone long time...that bottle, my friend was OUR hooch the two bastids was drinkin'...
willy
07-28-2013, 06:54 PM
OK, there is going to be a investigation then, And Senor Krinkle is the main suspect.
garagenc
07-28-2013, 07:22 PM
OK, there is going to be a investigation then, And Senor Krinkle is the main suspect.

Not without a court order or something I might want to trade for :sun::clap:
Pipe_Dream
07-29-2013, 09:04 AM
Great post. I reely enjoyed the pics!
Road King Cole
07-29-2013, 09:13 AM
Thanks for sharing. Great post.


man, that is some sweet set up....


rkc
RidgeRunner
07-29-2013, 09:18 AM
Ahh, living the dream there buddy. That V looks like it has a hard time fighting that windsock in the second picture.. No problem getting on plane, wow. You been holding out on us GarageNC. :clap:
garagenc
07-29-2013, 11:04 AM
Thanks Guys, it is nice having the boat on a lift, drop and go without the hassle of trailering.
reelapeelin
07-29-2013, 08:52 PM
Thanks Guys, it is nice having the boat on a lift, drop and go without the hassle of trailering.

DAWG...v1
reelapeelin
07-29-2013, 08:56 PM
Great post. I reely enjoyed the pics!

I REELY impressed w/that area...of course that no bad place to be around your place either...:nice:
willy
07-29-2013, 10:27 PM
Yea, it's OK. So you got a sweet Lady, a direct input into a sweet waterway, a nice good running V, great crabs, good fishing, and a reported stash from some northern fellow in the freezer and a thrill for life.
So what!
You got it made my friend.
Not bad for an Old Geezer I say.
reelapeelin
07-30-2013, 09:02 AM
Yea, it's OK. So you got a sweet Lady, a direct input into a sweet waterway, a nice good running V, great crabs, good fishing, and a reported stash from some northern fellow in the freezer and a thrill for life.
So what!
You got it made my friend.
Not bad for an Old Geezer I say.


And a ceiling light fixture over the stairway in need of repair!!...OOOPs...don't even ask...Murphy's Law kicked in...:oh:
garagenc
07-30-2013, 12:39 PM
And a ceiling light fixture over the stairway in need of repair!!...OOOPs...don't even ask...Murphy's Law kicked in...:oh:

Don't it always :you:
reelapeelin
07-30-2013, 03:01 PM
Don't it always :you:

After I left: "Ozzie did it!":nut:
Kracker Jack
08-05-2013, 11:28 PM
Looks like a great time. Great pics as well.. I'm ready for an Eastern NC get together.

This is what Im talking about!!!! OBX get together? how about when my v is done in the next 2 years:you:
randlemanboater
08-06-2013, 07:06 AM
A Dismal Swamp cruise is on my "to do" list as well.

There was an article in the Wildlife in NC magazine a few years ago where they made it a two day trip spending the night in Va on the north end of the canal...I will have to see if I can find it.
garagenc
08-06-2013, 07:42 AM
Randal
Come on up we keep saying were going to do that trip, lot of our friends have made the trip.
reelapeelin
08-06-2013, 10:18 AM
A Dismal Swamp cruise is on my "to do" list as well.

There was an article in the Wildlife in NC magazine a few years ago where they made it a two day trip spending the night in Va on the north end of the canal...I will have to see if I can find it.

Hope I got one boat or the other in the water by time y'all do that...it'll be a great trip!!...:fam:
twhrider2
08-06-2013, 09:03 PM
Sounds like a V get together in the making?:clap:
garagenc
08-06-2013, 10:59 PM
Sounds like a V get together in the making?:clap:

Could be any takers??
reelapeelin
08-07-2013, 10:48 AM
Could be any takers??


I could rent a kayak!!...:happy:
the daydreamer
08-07-2013, 11:03 AM
I had a freind who did that in a 38 footer. Said it was a great trip lots to see. Lets hook it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
garagenc
08-07-2013, 11:20 AM
I could rent a kayak!!...:happy:

you could go attached to my boat, as trolling bait:clap:

I'd let you ride in my boat OZ.
randlemanboater
08-07-2013, 09:29 PM
Whats the best time of year to do it?

I would think late September or early October? As long as nothing tropical comes through.