Joe, I did the same thing with an mattress from Ikea. I cut it down and actually resewed the cover to fit the new wedge shape so that can be removed and cleaned. The loss of head space is definitely worth the extra comfort.
Just a hint to help move it. Put it in a thick plastic bag and suck the air out with a shop vac and then duck tape the opening shut. This will compress it down to a small ball that will grow fairly slowly back to size once in place and removed from the bag. I do this each season. Donald (no name yet after 2 years) C&C 33 MKII > On May 8, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I had finally had enough of the 1980 era fabric on 1973 era foam v-berth > cushions and decided to make something better. I ordered a 6 inch thick king > sized memory foam mattress and an electric carving knife from Amazon, drew an > outline of the cushions, and started cutting. > So far so good J > I crammed and stuffed it into the car, drove down to the dock, and now had to > carry this huge thing in wind gusting to 30 onto the boat and get it aboard > without getting launched off the dock. Well that was hard enough, but the > next step was not totally thought through. The companionway and the passage > past the head to the v-berth are not really up to king sized mattress moving. > After what felt like a huge fight with an angry giant octopus, I finally got > it up there. It is very comfortable too, but what a freaking pain! > > Joe > Coquina > C&C 35 MK I > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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