Walldog's Journeys, Willie's Tug

[walldog]

As I am about to fit a memory foam into our v berth can you share the issues with matching the foam to the individual cushions? Vs one slab of foam?
We wrestled one slab in and out of a former boat and thought that making custom sheet 'pillow slips' for each mattress/foam piece (3) would be the solution.
Please share as I'm tackling this next week!

I'm guessing you're talking about your island double berth. Has it proven to be uncomfortable? We enjoyed 62 nights aboard our 2012 R-29 (same bed, I believe) last season and were quite comfortable. We haven't felt any need to enhance the mattress, especially considering it would add a layer (no pun intended) of complexity to our berth.

Cheers,

Bruce

Good Point Bruce,

The newer 29s and the 31 have added a bit of foam to the cushion and are quite comfortable. If our 27's cushions were as comfortable as yours, we would not need the memory foam topper. It certainly would make our life easier.

Jeff has the solution....upgrade to a new 31... 😀

 

[walldog]

When TV not in use does it fold up to be under the V-berths ceiling and does it block the V-berth hatch ?

The TV is basically in a fixed position. It does not hinder hatch access or head room in the vee. It maybe hard to see from the picture, but it slopes from such that it is at the correct angle for viewing. More of the bracket shows than I would have liked because the tv is small and the place where the bracket attaches is near the top of the tv. I could have put a larger screen tv in the same space, as its bracket mounts are more centered on the back. The existing tv is too large and not the screen format I desired.

 

[Cocoa Gold]

Bruce, for medical reasons we've had to put a 2" foam topper on one side of all the beds we use. The mattress we have on Cocoa Gold is very good but one of us needs that extra padding.

For the double berth I'm just going to do the whole top for logistics sake.

Now to decide on 1 piece or 3!

Alice

 

[Cocoa Gold]

Constantly shifting and always had a gap between pads.

This is my fear. I'd planned to velcro the covers together.

My impetus was to give easy access to the storage/equipment below.

 

[baz]

Constantly shifting and always had a gap between pads.

This is my fear. I'd planned to velcro the covers together.

My impetus was to give easy access to the storage/equipment below.

If you make individual pieces you could strap them down to their underlying cushions. This might hold them in place better and when needing to get to the underneath storage space the stock cushion and your foam mattress would be an integral piece hopefully. Mind you, I don't see you can avoid 'gapping' between using individual pieces.

 

[Cocoa Gold]

5) Now (this is important) using an electric carving knife cut the foam mattress about 1" to 2" outside of the black marker line. Do not attempt to cut the foam with scissors as more than likely you will make a real hash of it... especially if the foam is 4" thick..

Wow! What I thought was going to be the most difficult part was done in under a minute. Thankyou!