[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

[Leland]

Ron and Lisa,

Last time I gave this to you Stan got really mad so I don't know what effect
this will have on him in all this heat:

http://almoproducts.com/ http://almoproducts.com/ 

You could pay him 5% of the cost of the cushions like we do when we sell
boats on this list.  I'm sure that more than covers his mark-up.  :)

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD




Ron Kaye wrote:
> 
> 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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