Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340 sailing catamaran. She is being finished in a shed outside Melbourne. Wilda will be powered by the Sun, the Wind and the ...

The mast, boom, and davits we removed shortly after we hauled ROAM out of the water. They have been sitting on foam blocks since then waiting to reach the top ...

We are finally moving forward on our refit. This is the first time we're doing work that actually moves the project forward, rather than tearing stuff apart. ...

When we bought our sailboat, we expected life to throw many great adventures at us. We did not expect to fall head over heels for the beautiful town of New ...

The countdown is on! Last week in Mexico before we untie the lines and sail south to Nicaragua!! But first, a couple more smaller projects to check off the ...

On this episode of sailing Sitka, we tackle day 2 and 3 in the boat yard here in Chiapas, Mexico. During this time we start diving into our biggest worry yet. ...

WE"RE BACK and better than ever! Welcome to season 3 of sailing sitka! After 6 months of off season, working away at saving money for our cruising lifestyle, ...

In this video we are introducing you to a world of templates, a new material and what we think would be the start of another interesting boat job: making ...

NOTE: This episode is Part 9 of our Propulsion System. If you are new here and would like to understand the project better, from the start, please check out ...

In this week’s video we are showing the making of a fibreglass bracket for the anchor roller. We also have some good news to share after having Wilda’s curved ...

In this episode we start working on Wilda's thruhulls, vents and sealing the storage compartments. Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340 sailing catamaran. ...

In this episode we review the results and identify any additional filling work that might be necessary for installing the hatches and then we move on from the ...

Last week we started the prep work for mounting hinges for various deck storage spaces and we also started drilling holes for the hatch installation. As ...

In this episode of Building Wilda, we try to move forward by installing hinges or at least doing the prep work for this activity. We also do a good round of ...

In this episode we receive some not so good news. We have to face the challenge in front of us and deal with some surprises. Getting curved windows for our ...

In the last video, we started working on a toilet base and a shelf for our port aft head. Now we are doing the intermediary job - preparation of the surface ...

In this episode we return to Australia for more boat works. We start the long awaited bathroom upgrade project. We build a toilet base and a shelf to return ...

In this week’s episode we continue working with the shiny hardware and it is going to be very interesting especially for those of you who want to know more ...

In this episode we start installing the stainless steel helm and play a bit with the steering cables, we do the unboxing of the dusty anchor winch and install ...

This episode is going to show a bit of our struggles with getting the curved salon windows fitted into our sailboat. We work with Steve, our window guy, who ...

In this episode - Part 8 of Wilda's Porpulsion - Axel is introducing his concept for the cyclinders lifting and lowering mechanism. As part of his unique ...

In this episode, we make all the necessary preparations and start taping the ringframes into the hulls. If you are new to the propulsion series of episodes, ...

4 days to get it done! Repainting and minor repairs before we set sail once again. If you want to get out in Banderas Bay, here in Mexico, contact our friends ...

In this episode we show the installation of the bulkhead acrylic windows. We hope you like our sailboat's new "face". For more recent updates, join the ...