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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...
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-...
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...
Unique Propulsion Part 3 – Cutting HUGE holes in our BOAT – S03E19 | Building Wilda
This week we’ll continue this unique project with nothing less than… cutting huge holes in our boat! To many of you, this task is probably an absolute crazy idea! And we have to confess that we were also very scared of it, however, it is also part of w...
Unique Drive System – Building Wilda’s Propulsion Part II – S03E18 – Electric Catamaran
In this episode Axel is trying to cut the fiberglass tube to shape and he is also trying to get it to the correct size to fit into the aluminium cylinder. Then, we work on building the strong bond between the two surfaces - the cylinder and the tube. Wil...
NOT the AVERAGE SAILBOAT DRIVE SYSTEM – S03E17 – Building Wilda | Electric Catamaran Refit
If you’ve been following Building Wilda project for a while now, you probably know that our plan is to make Wilda a fully electric sailing catamaran. In this episode we start the long and exciting journey of the propulsion system installation - first, th...
AMAZING Interior BOAT spray painting -S03E16- Building Wilda | Catamaran Build | Restoration | Refit
In this episode I’ll take you on a little tour to see the last boat areas before spray painting them with top coat. Salon, Galley & Middle Port side. After that, Axel will show you the airless spray painting result and will discuss a bit about our ne...
LAST SANDING & SPOT FILLING. Is it THE END?- S03E15 – Building Wilda | Catamaran Restoration | Refit
In this episode of Building Wilda, we resume the sanding & spot filling activities in the salon, galley and the middle room on the port side. This is the last area that is about to receive its share of shiny top coat. But first we have to identify and ...
STEP CHANGE & the GALLEY Crockery Shelves are GONE – S03E14 – Building Wilda | Catamaran Refit
We are now working on the last section of our boat interior and the biggest surface left in need of final sanding and spot filling. That consists in: the salon, the galley on the starboard side and the middle room (as we call it) on the port side. We make ...
Spray Painting TOP COAT in the cockpit – S03E13 – Building Wilda | Catamaran Restoration | Refit
In this episode we are doing the final work in the cockpit before the top coat spray session. Axel is finishing the little drains, also final touch ups to the corners of the salon door, while Chris has been sanding and spot filling in the background. Then ...