[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

[Charles Nieman]

Ron
What year is your boat; I have an 84, and out of sumpathy might go this afternoon in 111 degree heat and measure mine to give you dimensions .....
 
Charles Nieman
84 Rhodes 22
soon (like this weekend) to be
98 Rhodes 22
 

> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 15:07:09 -0400
> From: ronkaye343 at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare
> 
> Well one thing that wasn't quite so right about our mostly refurbished
> (bullet list honey do on a used boat at Stan's shop) and recently acquired
> (Sept '10) was not only the motor (replaced) but the cabin cushions. The
> saga of the cushions is long and sad and not over at this point. In fact it
> has become more entangled and dreadful with each passing day.
> 
> It all began innocently enough. The initial idea was to bring the cushions
> home and rebuild them ourselves since they were build in a manner in which
> they were stapled to thin plywood and that wood was decomposing and turning
> into mulch. We asked for advise on how to do this from this list
> and received lots of good instruction. OK Its doable. Still its a bit of
> fuss and requires planning and time and we weren't getting to it. So after a
> while I contacted the Rhodes contract cushion outfit in Anapolis (L and D -
> or something like that) (from a contact someone on this list provided -
> thanks) - and sure enough, they had the measurements for the boat (we dont'
> have the enclosed head BTW), and I could just give them a credit card # pick
> out the material and they'd get to work. About 1K would do it. We
> deliberated. Meanwhile the cushions were stacked against a wall waiting for
> their final role as templates or just taking up space. The two 85%
> housebroken dogs found the area next to the cushions a convenient and
> discrete place to relieve themselves on occasion. The dog residue was wicked
> into the cushions and after a month or so I was hauling a load of junk to
> the dump and I held my breath, grabbed all those putrified and decomposing
> cushions and threw them into the pickup. What a relief to get those out of
> the house.
> 
> Now we are sailing again and loving it but we have no cushions. I couldn't
> find the contact # for the cushion place I called - so I called Stan who
> informed me that they went out of buisness with the recession. I call other
> cushion providers to see if they have measurements/patterns for Rhodes 22.
> Nobody does. They want me to measure it myself. That's ok I can use one of
> those measuring thingimadoos just fine. I can measure the V-berth and the
> seat of the settee, but the back of the settee is three pieces that those,
> as we know, have to be rearranged in a particular manner to create the bed
> and therefore must have the right to pull off that trick. I don't know what
> those dimensions are. I'll be danged if I do. I called Stan (again) to see
> if he can provide me with those measurements but he doesn't have them
> anymore. The cushion contractor (L&D?) had them. Where they might be now
> isn't exactly clear. Stan would help me locate her but he is quite occupied
> with many other things including a couple others that I'm distracting him
> with.
> 
> I've had nightmares about these cushions - they follow me at night, slinking
> in the shadows; I see them conspiring in whispers behind my back. They want
> to push me over the edge. They are getting close.
> 
> The nice lady I had spoken to at L&D, "Diane," may be known personally to
> some of you - or she might even read this list. She might still be
> available and maybe does some of this work still. Or, perhaps someone has
> done this cushion drill and has taken it upon themselves to record the
> measurements and can provide them. That would be so incredibly helpful.
> Meanwhile my backside aches at the thought of overnighting on cold hard
> fiberglass.
> 
> Another thought: maybe someone for some reason has an extra set of cushions
> in good condition for some reason - a wild thought but who knows?
> Unless they are orange or flourescent green we would purchase them from
> you and pick them up if you are anywhere close to DC or arrange
> shipping.
> BTW there are "cushion people" who are ready to steal from the unwary. One
> gave me an estimate of $3,200 for the job - and with standard grade
> materials! Good grief! Another I spoke to is prepared to do it for 1,400
> with 3" of the A-grade foam. That's more than we expected but would still
> need the measurements for the settee backs. There are surely others out
> there...
> 
> Thanks to anyone who can help and my apologies for the long tale about such
> a boring subject.
> 
> Coming up next: The gimpy bimini hides in its zipper pouch. Why?
> 
> Ron & Lisa
> Nautisaurus
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