Option 4 is to get a "bean bag" and make a couple or
buy a couple of throw pillow yourself. A lot cheaper
than custom. I have found that a bean bag works well.

Pete Judd
S/V Murphy's Lawyer
Baba 40 #6


--- Debra Axness <debonair1@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 the
> 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-weather
> > (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 lazarettes
> > (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 than
> > many other larger cockpits?
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