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Wilderness 1480 - Family Version under construction:

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Hull construction


Setting the bulkheads	Bottom planks attached

Lower side planks attached	Glueded to bulkhead and overfilled

Outside planks attached	Last outside plank

Attaching the chamfer panel	Taping the joins

Prepare for laminating	Laminating below the waterline

Bogging the hull	Start fairing

The torture board	Fairing the hull

Ready to turn the hull	Ready to turn the hull

Turning the hull	Turning the hull

Building the second hull	Second hull finished


Setting the hulls	Leveling the hulls

Laminating the stiffner to the bridgedeck	Fairing the stiffner to the bridgedeck

Joining the hulls	Attaching the front webs

Attaching the bridgedeck	Attaching the bridgedeck

Bridgedeck up	Saloon bulkhead attached


Finishing the saloon bulkhead	Uni around saloon bulkhead

Webs for the flooring	Soles layed on webs

Prodder anchor glued in	Cockpit coving

Stripplanking started	Forward section done

Forward section preped for laminating	Forward section laminated

Aft section stripplanked	Aft section inside ready to be faired

Cockpit backrest and steps glued in	Fairing the stripplanking

Fairing inside of aft stripplanked section	Aft section laminated and bog applied

Drilling the hull opening for the rudder	Opening done, rudder tupe can be glued and taped in


Work on Daggerboard started	One Daggerboard faired, one to go

Starting work on the forebeam	Forebeam web glued in

Forebeam faired and pipes glued and taped	Forebeam faired and pipes glued and taped

Forebeam and catwalk glued in	Striker faired and glued in


Routing the doors out of the aft cabin locker	Glueing the forward cabin interior in

Starboard aft cabin	Cabinets viewed from aft cabin

Glueing and coving cabinets	Daggerboard case glued into cabinets an shell

Daggerboard case glued to shell (Floorboard cutout up)


Working on the transom	Pipe for fishing rods glued in

Transom closed and curved	Cockpit to transom access

Chainplates covered with 20mm Uni	Distribution on Uni layers on bulkhead 6

View down starboard daggerboard case


Increasing saloon height & widening the doors and windows	Door and window frames decored and filled with uni

Kitchen glued in. Openings for fridge, freezer, oven, stove...	Saloon seating with box for reefs & halyards

Increased height & bigger windows and door	Another view at the saloon

Cutout for sheeve box (mast compression)	Cutout for sheeve box (central winch)

Hulls closed, circular taping around hull & forebeam	Catwalk from underneath


Extended saloon side panels (more headroom)	View from outside the factory. How are we getting it out?

Cutting the second roof half to size	Leveled, ready for glueing

Our team, thanks guys	Well done, well deserved drinks

Cutting out the saloon windows	Curving the extended roof

All cutouts done	Sidepanel for the extended roof


Cutout for deck lockers and hatches	Prodder glased in

Mast compression & cutout for reefs & halyard	Mast compression box from saloon

Aligning the targa to bulkhead 7	Targa glued & glased in - you can walk on it

saloon hatches, looking forward


starboard bow nose (foam) side view	port bow nose (foam) frontal view

central winch station	backing plates (marine ply & 7mm aluminum) for winches

Fairing saloon	Fairing bridgedeck

front saloon windos - foam is covering laminated aluminium backing plate	anchor locker & mast base


spraying the starboard side	starboard side sprayed, door pre-fitting

saloon sides & kitchen sprayed (corean top installed later)	starboard looking forward (daggerboard & nav station)

Looking through saloon door to central winch station	Cockpit ready to be faired...

Starboard hull, view forward	Port, central bathroom


starboard side, fairing started	catwalk, underside fairing - frames for excape hatches on chamfer panel

view from the front	foldaway bathing ladder

Starboard hull with attached box containing foldaway bathing ladder	Port engine room painted and steps ready for fairing

cockpit ready for fairing	blackwater tank & pumps

fairing the port hull side	fairing the port hull top

working on the pilot hatch base	The guys enjoy Ole's birthday cake

port steps and bathing ladder box	fairing, fairing, fairing

Alu backing plates glued and glased in (pad eye for life line)	Fairing the starboard nose and champfer panel

Positioning the guard rail end point	Starboard hull & saloon roof faired - ready for first primer

Fairing first primer coat	Fairing first primer coat

Fairing first primer coat	Steering position with cutouts for Raymarine instruments

Electric under nat station


starboard side spraypainted	starboard side spraypainted

starboard steps	starboard steps


Cutting out opening for the windows	look at painted aft & targa

port side painted	stanchions and antisplip

antislip and forebeam	port side stripes

starboard bow section	hatches in place

cockpit	solar panels on roof

pilot hatch on steering position	grap rails on start board aft section

steering position	windows installed

curved saloon windows	curved saloon windows

central winch station