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redeye
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Initially Posted - 05/28/2010 : 05:27:00

Yepper... I've been putting off the upholstery job and it seems to be on the long list and I'm trying to think outside the box. Beanbags, Hammocks, you know, all the weird stuff and then I remember....

High School we were wild and I had a station Wagon at one point. We would party all night in the small town of Mt. Olive NC and they roll up the streets at 9pm and we were out - like way past 10 - and we raid the milk barn, drink the fresh milk and go to sleep in the hay barn.

You never slept so good.

One day I get a bale of Hay... So the back seat is down and the back of the wagon is just covered in Hay and it slept good.. smells great..
( I've got steel sinuses ) till I realize the hay is drying out and I'm lookin at the worlds greatest fire hazard...

And you know... that boat sleeps so good...

Maybe I'll try the front berth first...

Whooooo Hooooooo......

Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 09:20:10

So I understand this better...You are going to remove the cushions in the VBerth and stick a pile of loose hay there ? If so...like to see a photo !

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redeye
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 09:31:09

I wish I'd taken a picture of the station wagon with it in there. It was a hoot.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 09:36:58

Is it just me, or have the bales gotten bigger?

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 10:58:50

I think you just hit on great rationale for why you need a larger boat !! I think you will need a 42 footer, minimum, with a cargo bay and winch !

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redeye
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 11:58:31

Well.. as I said I'm just trying to go outside the box. Not coming up with any real winners here, but I'm just starting. For the powerboat, I would just stuff the cuddy cabin with about 4 of my best snuggle blankets and it worked great, but that was for cooler weather.

I'm guessing I'll go with the big blankets and some compression sacks to make the transport to and from the laundry as easy as possible. I'm still thinkin on the hay, or cedar or some kind of bunk stuffing...

Hang a rope net up in there and add a duck down duvet..

The hay really was fun... I wonder how often you'd need to clean out the stalls...

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 12:20:35

Funny thread. If you have cushions than just put some open sleeping bags over them. We also almost just bought the inflatable queen size mattress that you can fit
athwartships in the cabin. They have them at walmart for about $40

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islander
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 16:52:32

The hay is a good idea. The real problem comes when you have to teach the horse how to sail....

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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 17:43:30

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by PCP777
 Funny thread. If you have cushions than just put some open sleeping bags over them. We also almost just bought the inflatable queen size mattress that you can fit
athwartships in the cabin. They have them at walmart for about $40
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I've got one that plugs into AC. I bought it a couple of years ago and it works great. Very, very comfortable. Just take up a lot of room.

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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 05/28/2010 : 17:57:33

Well . . . . while I think the new sails a couple of years ago was the best investment I have made the Admiral LOVES the new cushions and, I believe, would have a tough time accepting hay as a replacement . . . .

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 04:13:57

<< would have a tough time accepting hay as a replacement >>

And have you ever slept in a hay barn? A blanket over hay is heaven. And a glass of milk.

I'm not whining here, just thinking out loud. When I write it down it stares back at me and I find alternate solutions. And you guys might find an answer...

I've used the sleeping bags over the cushions, adding sheets, for years now and I end up with a mess in the morning, struggling with the sleeping bag ( the flat kind opened up ) cause I'm 6 one and I like to sleep with my arms over my head. I awake wrapped up in it all with my feet sticking out.
I went with the multiple blankets and sheets about 5 years ago and it works much better for me but I get kinda tired of transporting all the laundry to and from the boat. This was a set up for a powerboat that I would only go to every so often.
I go to the sailboat weekly now, so I'm looking at options. The current cushions are scratchy and not very thick.

I'm gonna go look at the princess and the pea images and the image of my current bunk, and work my way back.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 09:55:22

.
Something a little less of this.

and a bit more like this.
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It ain't hay, but we are talkin the aft bunk. Before the mast is for the scalawags.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 09:56:59

I hope I can keep the horse off it, ya can hardly get them to sail...

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 11:32:08

I visited my brothers in-laws once and had to sleep on a 3" waffle cusion on the floor. Best night sleep I ever had.

Just a thought

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Stu G
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 12:15:39

We are in the process of recovering our cushions. We have a waterbed at home that we have slept on for almost 40 years so most beds are just not comfortable. Our current plan is to get a 2" memory foam mattress topper from Sam's Club and cut it to match the V-berth cushions. We'll make the new cover to cover both the topper and the original foam. Hopefully that will give us a decent place to sleep.

BTW: Has anyone come up with a graceful way to get in and out of V-berth?

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 12:46:24

If those are YOUR disco-era brown plaid cushions in the photo above, maybe you should try to sell them back to Catalina for their museum. They're in mint condition! I'm convinced they would want them.

My 1978-vintage cushions were shredding when I replaced them 5 years ago.

There are so many photos on this forum showing fantastic designs for cushion covers - all you need is a sewing machine and a few dozen hours to spend.

I just made slip covers on the tops and sides with neat seams along the edges. I found nice old full-length blue drapes to use that cost nearly nothing.

If you don't have the machine or the time, then all you need is 10 boat units.

And if you want a barn type effect, get some blue plaid cloth, herbal scent, and a photo of a cow! My queen size air mattress is way better than a hayloft!

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jimik
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Response Posted - 06/01/2010 : 13:09:08

The fella that wrote this song kept hay on his boat too, I'd wager...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_W18CWypE

...umm, and a hello all! first post and all that

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 05:11:28

Thank you jimik for that link. I gotta learn that song. Reminds me of Jimmy Buffet's book about a horse on a boat. Figuring that's where he got that.

That is not a shot of my boat, but it looks almost exactly the same, so as you can see I'm in need of change.

Iffin I had an inspiration for how I'd -like- the boat to look, it wouldn't be the barn, more like the front porch..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyyNPB9iCAM

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 05:17:51

<< get a 2" memory foam mattress topper from Sam's Club and cut it to match the V-berth cushions and cover all. >>

On it. Thanks. That'll do till the hay comes in in the fall..

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 05:29:16

<< Has anyone come up with a graceful way to get in and out of V-berth? >>

When no one is looking, and no grunting.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 05:53:58

It is always a bit of a problem to get caught up on the work on the boat when the house needs a some work also.. Let's see, 3 boats and 5 engines... I gotta have a sale. Not exactly a big nautical influence this far inland here in the south, not much to draw on.

Love that photographer, shame he does not get a credit. Let me guess, a shoot in studio in Chicago, or was that just off the road near Macon?

Trying to finish up this project now, and the sailboat gets pulled next week. Whoo Hoooooo new through hulls, maybe it will still float.

http://rayswords.com/stamas/

Then maybe that leaky roof......

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 06:18:45

Welcome to the forum jimik! I've been thinking about cushions for a while but have a hard time justifying the cost. Many C-25's sell for 5 or 6 thousand, so 5 sets of cushions are worth a boat? Hopefully I'll talk my sister-in-law into sewing some for me

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 06:41:26

Alternatively, you could get a pony...

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skrenz
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Response Posted - 06/02/2010 : 09:11:28

Or a goat. Then you would have your milk too

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redeye
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Response Posted - 07/14/2010 : 05:27:27

I give up... I can't seem to get the bales in the hatch.

I was thinkin of namin the boat "Hayride" but it sounded a bit too much like "Heyride" and I don't like the connotations.

Ahhhh for simpler, more innocent times...

Meanwhile back to the Farr 40's....

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Patrice C25
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Response Posted - 07/14/2010 : 10:03:34

BTW: Has anyone come up with a graceful way to get in and out of V-berth?

Unfortunatly, not yet :)
So we use the berth for storage, and sleep on the dinnette side. Much more room, but a pain the make bed every night, and remove in the morning.

We made all new cushion last spring, new foam and material for a little less than 1000.oo

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