[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

Thu Aug 4 22:15:34 EDT 2011

OK ... the high was ONLY 108 today ... and I waited until 7:00 to go out, nice breeze so we sailed for about 45 min ..... temp was down to 105 when we started ... anyway, I digress

The best I could measure (my cushions have at least two layers of covering so it is a little difficult to get real acurate measurments).

Aft cushion; width  19 1/4"; heigth, aft 21 1/2" fore 21 1/8"

Middle cushion; width 33 3/4"; height, aft 22", fore 22 1/2"

Fore cushion; width 22 5/8"; height, aft 23", fore 23"

Hope tha helps....

Fair winds

Charles
S/V Blue Feather

> From: lisalias at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 15:26:13 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare
> 
> 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
> >> Nautisaurus
> >> __________________________________________________
> >> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> >> 
> >> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> >> __________________________________________________
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> > 
> > For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> > __________________________________________________
> 
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> 
> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________