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FIRST ATTEMPT to making CURVED WINDOW MOULDS – S03E31 | Building Wilda
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 beautiful catamaran is not as easy as it seemed at first. We start working on moulds for the windows...
Glueing & Glassing the bathroom shelf & toilet – S03E30 | Building Wilda
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 and of the two new parts - before glueing and glassing them into the boat. Wilda is a Schionning ...
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...
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 ...
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...