Geez I'm sorry - I see I already posted a question about cockpit cushions -
we are still mulling this one over, it is getting hard to spend money as th=
e
time to *quit work* gets nearer - any more points would be welcome!

On 10/26/05, Debra Axness <debonair1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We have a 1985 Baba-30 with a tiller. We're liveaboards and preparing for
> long-term cruising, mostly tropical, and are now outfitting the cockpit.
> We'll be doing some longer passages, perhaps including the south Pacific.
> We are looking at three options for cushions:
> 1. Custom from the canvasmaker who did our bimini
> 2. Bottomsiders - their pattern is in 4 cushions, companionway, port,
> starboard, and C-end, $824
> 3. C Cushions - their pattern is in 3 cusions, companionway, port and
> startboard both all the way around the end, $906
> We want durability (want them to last several years at least), all-weathe=
r
> (want them to be able to withstand soakings), comfort (want to be able to
> sleep on them some of the time), stay-in-place (want to be able to leave
> them in underway without worrying about blowing away in most conditions),
> and of course cost $$. We also want to be able to get into both lazarette=
s
> (P and S), so C Cushions appear to be harder to use.
>
> Any experience or opinions would be appreciated. Bottomsiders and C
> Cushions appear to have an almost identical product, so any help in
> differences between them would help too. Did anyone get them to customize=
 at
> all? Also, why does a Baba-30 have more square feet in their patterns tha=
n
> many other larger cockpits?
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