More "Oh glorious sanding" as Mads from Sail Life would say.
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Getting ready for paint by simply doing more fairing. Lots of fairing, sorry about that, but that is what you have to do when building one of these.
Fairing Wilda's port side. Shaping and smoothing out Wilda's curves with everything I got. Fairing is heavy work, but necessary. This is the first step to a good paint job and worth to put some time into. Lots of sanding now, and in videos to come, all to ...
Hull fairing begins for real. Lots of Oh glorious sanding ;)
Fairing the topsides of the boat. Using a lightweight fairing compound from West Systems.
Staring on the major joints to establish a baseline for finishing fairing. Learning how to work with the...
In this episode Axel makes a brief intro to the starboard aft cabin where Wilda’s batteries will be installed and also a quick recap of our plan for the electric system. We then continue boat works with a few fiberglass reinforcement jobs and more fairin...
Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness sailing catamaran. She is being finished in a shed outside Melbourne. Wilda will be powered by the Sun, the Wind and the Sea...
This youtube channel is our way of sharing this project with friends, family and those interes...
In this episode we have started painting Wilda!
Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness sailing catamaran. She is being finished in a shed outside Melbourne. Wilda will be powered by the Sun, the Wind and the Sea...
This youtube channel is our way of sharing t...
This week we will show you a few of the smaller projects that we have been working on in the background:
-fiberglass angle profiles for furniture
-stanchion supports
-glassing the bridge deck stiffeners
-de-coring and filling panels
-installation of the p...
Reshaping the bows and starting on the steering panel
Music:
Scott_Holmes_-_05_-_Little_Idea (from Free Music Archive)
Broke_For_Free_-_05_-_Something_Elated (from Free Music Archive)
AnthemofaQuirkyHipster_by_RexBanner_Artlist (from Artist.io)
ElMonte_by...
In this episode we make Wilda whole... (sort of). We also received some toys :)
Music:
Play Play Play by Shtriker Big Band
Scott_Holmes - Storybook
no-matter-how-hard-we-try-ft-ben-goldstein_by_moon_Artlist
walkman-snail-shoes_by_peter-spacey_Artlist
Making progress on the build.
This week working on the cocpit, the steering position, some interior reconstruction and patching holes.
Music:
Hotshot by Scott Holmes
From the Free Music Archive
The first week onboard Wilda.
Getting started with sorting and cleaning. Reinforcing stanchions and mounting life lines. Adding temporary trampolines and improving access to the boat.
A first shaky look at Wilda. A solar powered catamaran in the making.
Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340X. A cruising catamaran designed for fast passages with plenty of gear and designed for short handed sailing.
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