[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

Thu Aug 4 15:41:07 EDT 2011

Oh yes you will owe me big time ...... Did I mention the temperature is 111????

Charles 

On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Lisa Lias <lisalias at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's originally an '83. And if you do that, we owe you big time. 
> 
> Lisa
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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
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