Recent content by MarineBob

I can add my experience. Got a 226 Seafarer. Too small. I smiled at some of the comments. We got a porty potty, but its mostly burried with life jackets, fishing gear, net, mooring buoy, cleaning supplies, cushions.... And while I guess its technically a walk around, thats only if you got...

Couple winters back I redid my interior cushions with some changes to the layout to make access to the lower storage spaces easier to get at.

Another try of the before pics. Go figure…emailed pics to myself, saved them , then I could load them. FWIW, I used Marine 31 cleaner on the black crud which took a bit of brushing but it cleaned well. Stuff smells like bleach. I have been using 303 vinyl treatment and it seems to work well.

I will keep that in mind for next time. I got the cushion in pretty good shape as all it really needed was restitching. I can’t seem to get pics posted. Site says too large. Not sure how to make the file smaller. Here is the after result, took pic with iPhone, I guess smaller file size...

Finally, nice to have something completed. Thanks to the advice given here, finally got the cushion off the boat. Disassembled the cushion, used my 49 year old Kenmore machine to redo the dead stitching. For someone's future reference heres the mounting method: as noted, there are two...

Finally got the boat ready for the season and loaded my gear today. I poked a medium length phillips up through the grommets on the bottom of the cushion. It seems I might have found each screw (judging by metallic sound in a specific area) but I came no where near finding a screw head per...

Those look good. When I did the cushions on my 226 Seafarer, I changed the layout to make the storage compartments more easily accessible.

Looks good. I have done some cushion work and it is satisfying. Most recent issue I got to get to is the back rest cushion on my 226 Seafarer. The stitching has failed but the vinyl is still good. The folks at where my boat is kept had 'their' cushion guy give me an estimate: $500 for this...

I appreciate the response. Next issue once the boat is out of winter storage is to repair the back, after vertical back rest. I think I finally got definitive info as to how it comes off the boat. All it really needs is some stitching on the vinyl and maybe a backer on the inside. Got a...

Maybe I am too late, but here is what I did for my interior cushions. Couple things. Got some corrosion resistant staples. Did some rearrangement of the cushions to make them more easily removed. I used some lauan plywood which is supposedly water resistant with some boat rug material I got...

Thanks, seems like they ought not to be corroded into a metal bracket. Should be able to get to the boat out of winter storage in a few weeks so that's my first project. Would have been a good winter project to figure out the cushion cover but I am glad for the help I got here. I have gotten...

Quote I got was $510...... not sure what the $10 is for. And for both, $1020. No thanks. I have reupholstered car seats, made my own templates and so forth. So this will be a DIY once I get the cushion off the boat

That makes a lot of sense. Am I correct in understanding that there are a couple of Phillips head screws going up vertically into the brackets from the bottom of the cushion? After 12 years will they come out? I know that's a loaded question but I guess I am looking for another experience. A...

I think I remember feeling up under the back where the cushions are mounted and did not feel any screws/bolts that would mount a bracket but it seems like there has to be one. I will have to try the thin blade approach once I get to my boat. That makes sense. So it seems likely there are...

I think I may have asked before but I never got a confirmation to this question. The seat back on my boat has some of the stitching coming apart. The vinyl seems to be in pretty good condition and the cushion should be repairable if I can get the cushion off the mount. I asked the folks where...