And here's some more info for those considering the Dismal Swamp option. It's the complete Dismal Swamp chapter in our ICW CruiseGuide: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3291490/magazine%20articles/OTW%20CruiseGuide%20Dismal%20Swamp.pdf Do the Dismal! Mark & Diana Doyle m/v Semi-Local www.OnTheWaterChartGuides.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:52:53 -0400 From: Mark Doyle <mark@semi-local.com> To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: GL: Southbound via the Virgina Cut or Dismal Swamp Route? Message-ID: <00323BA5-3A74-4C63-BAF3-E7C6E89A73A7@semi-local.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi folks, Well it's that time of year again ... southbound, wagons ho! And the choice whether to take Virginia Cut (Route 1) or the Dismal Swamp Canal (Route 2) from Norfolk to Albermarle Sound is already fueling the Forum fires. Diana and I are BIG fans of the Dismal Swamp Route and for those interested here's a PassageMaker Magazine article we wrote to back it up! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3291490/magazine%20articles/PMM0514%20ICW%20Dismal%20Frugal%20Doyle.pdf Stay in the deep water, Mark & Diana Doyle m/v Semi-Local www.OnTheWaterChartGuides.org