Cruising Hood Canal | Boating Beneath the Olympic Mountain Range | Wooden Boat by Phil Bolger

[@pozblitz]

I love how fast the 3.5 tohatsu pushes that boat!

[@2dogsnight]

Great looking abandoned boat in HC marina !!!!

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

Do you know the owner? ;)

[@garygardens]

Wonderful, what a great trip! Excellent video too. That's an area I have not been to so thanks for bringing me along. Cheers!

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

It was a different kind of trip than we're used to, but it was certainly great. Thanks for following along!

[@flindersmj]

From your description of your trip to Hood Canal, I could not have imagined how pretty this place actually is. Great video!

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

It is a serene and pretty special place. Thx Dad ❤️

[@ianb5949]

Who tied the dock-line at 07:47? Tut tut. A pretty cruising boat

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

IDK actually, thats the mobile dock tied to the dock?

[@2dogsnight]

Bolgers designs are not my cup of tea......but your boat is definitely growing on me. All season capable, economical propulsion. Scary flat bottom design in "open" seas though......any ballast? Motor HP? Well done videos!

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

Phil's design's are definitely open-minded and unapologetic! We have a 25hp Mercury motor. No ballast, just two shallow chines along the bottom. The design might seem unstable, but flat-bottom boats are actually very sea worthy. We've been all over the Puget Sound and explored inland as far as Lake Chelan and can attest to this stability firsthand. This video goes into more detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJuQoYKkr86Dpsk

[@2dogsnight]

@@babybluesbyphilbolger 25 hp sounds fantastic. Low hp fast boat! Way to go!

[@Cre8tvMG]

NO ONE out here calls it “the” hood canal. It’s just Hood Canal. Puget Sound is either called just that, formally, or simply, the sound. Never “the puget sound”. Just a little insider tip.

[@Cre8tvMG]

Similarly, you can call it ‘the canal’ if you drop Hood. It was originally Hood’s Channel, but got changed over a hundred years ago.

[@babybluesbyphilbolger]

Good to know, thanks!