I have what I believe are original cushions which are about 1 3/4
inches thick, 4 pieces, and are a sort of a vinyl or acrylic covered
foam. I wouldn't want them any larger, as they would be a problem to
stow away. Their really beat on one side, flipped them over, and their
fine. Their very comfortable.
Will 1985 Baba 30 ELAIA
On Oct 26, 2005, at 5:52 PM, Debra Axness 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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