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Boat Bathroom upgrade begins – S03E29 | Building Wilda
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 stiffness to the boat. We want to extend the head room with more space aft for a stand-in shower. ...
Cleats, winches & drilling holes for sailing gear – S03E28 – Building Wilda
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 about our sailing gear setup and more about the holes we need to drill to get the sailing equipmen...
We are sailing to the Bahamas! | Sailing 39
Join the Roaming Rupps family as they embark on their first sailing voyage from Charleston, SC to the Bahamas. Learn about their boat preparations, shakedown sail, and what's next in their adventure!
Boat Hardware installation started. Shiny bits on! – S03E27
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 it in place, we do a mock-up of the anchor rollers alignment and we mount a cleat! Feels good to ...
Entering the port of Jacksonville
Read more about today's vlog and our #sailing adventure on our site! https://roamingrupps.com/ ▬ Support Us! ▬ We just started a Patreon to get our journey started! Throw us a bone @ https://www.patreon.com/RoamingRupps We share more of our daily ...
Boat Windows Difficulties – Salon Curved Windows – S03E26 | Building Wilda
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 moulded the acrylic material. The windows turn out to be slightly over-curved. Probably as a result...
S03E25 Propulsion VIII
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 drive system design, the aluminium cylinder in which the motor will sit, will have to travel in and o...
FIBREGLASS TIME – Taping the RINGFRAME into the hull – S03E24 | Building Wilda
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, we suggest you start from here: @t Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340 sailing catamaran. She...
Cockpit WINDOWS INSTALLATION – S03E23 | Building Wilda
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 Patreon crew: @gWilda/about Wilda is a Schionning Wilderness 1340 sailing catamaran. She is being fini...
New Fridge / Freezers and Composting Toilet | Sailing 40
Roaming Rupps transform their sailboat's living space with new fridge, freezer, and composting toilet upgrades, improving functionality while preparing for an offshore journey.
Returning strength and stiffness to the hull. Installing ring frames. S03E22 Propulsion VI
In this episode we reinforce the hull by glueing in fiberglass ring frames. The idea is to return any removed hull strength and provide a load path for transferring power from the prop to the hull. For more real time updates, have a look at our Patreon pa...
We START PUTTING pieces together – S03E21 – Unique Drive System – Part 5 | Building Wilda
This episode is Part 5 of a series of videos about Building our Unique Drive System. This week we have to prepare the fibreglass ring and to make it ready for attaching it into the hull. Before that happens, we have to reshape the cutouts in the hulls, de-...
Unlimited Drinking Water with our SeaWater Pro Watermaker | Sailing 39
Watch this episode as we install a 40GPH SeaWater Pro Watermaker on our sailboat. We're getting ready to head off grid and make unlimited drinking water on our sailing adventures! 🌊
Making FIBERGLASS reinforcement RING frames – S03E20 – Building Wilda | Unique Propulsion Part 4
In this video, we continue the series about our catamaran's propulsion system. This is Part 4 and we show the making of the 2 fiberglass ring frames that will support the aluminium cylinders in which the electric motors will sit. We also do some shed clean...