[Rhodes22-list] Cabin cushion nightmare

Fri Aug 5 07:14:17 EDT 2011

Many thanks! And you sailed, so there's an upside for you. But we still owe
you.

Lisa

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Charles Nieman
<blue66corvette at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> 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
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