[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

[Lisa Lias]

It's originally an '83. And if you do that, we owe you big time. 

Lisa

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On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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