We left Questeria for over six months for our Alaska RV trip. When we got back, we thoroughly cleaned inside. We washed the cushion covers and threw away the old foam. We also threw away the mattress topper in the v-berth and the mattress foam in the aft cabin.

Original Cushions

When we bought Questeria, the cushions were old and uncomfortable. One of the first things we did when we brought the boat to NC, in June 2006, was replace the interior cushions. We had Fran’s Aunt Rachel come out and measure. She used to work for Hatteras. We had her make cushions for the main salon, v-berth and aft cabin. She also made us a mattress for the aft cabin, which is where we slept at the time.

Later, we set up the v-berth for sleeping. We cut out a piece of wood to fill in the gap in front and cut a piece of foam, in the shape of a trapezoid, to fill it in. (I actually used the wood as a desk when I was still working remotely for IBM.) We bought a king-size memory-foam mattress topper, and trimmed it to triangular shape to fit. We put the whole thing in a king-size mattress cover, that was tailored to fit.

Cutting Foam

I know of two ways to cut foam yourself. The best way is to buy a foam cutter, starting at about $200. In hindsight, this is what we should have done. We have replaced the foam in our cockpit cushions, RV cushions and more. But we went for the cheaper method of using an electric knife for about $12.

At first, the electric knife works well. The problem is that it gets dull quickly, and then it becomes hard to cut. I haven’t found a way to sharpen the blades, or replace them. So we are on our third or fourth electric knife. I guess we we’re still ahead of the game. The end result is not anywhere as nice as a foam cutter, but you can’t tell once it’s put in the cushion cover.

V-Berth Mattress

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In February, when we moved back to the boat, our first priority was the v-berth mattress. (See Update, Back to the Boat). We still had our original v-berth cushions to sleep on, but it wasn’t very comfortable, and we temporarily used our cockpit cushions in the main salon.

We ordered a mattress topper on Amazon.com. This included memory foam and a topper. We cut the memory foam using our electric knife. We cut and resewed the topper to fit. We had to purchase a trapezoidal piece of foam locally. They charged us $80. We could have done it way cheaper, but we we’re in a hurry. It all went back inside the mattress cover, and we were sleeping comfortably again.

Main Salon Cushions

Our cushion covers from 2016 were still in excellent shape. We found a place to order foam to go inside. We went to the Foam Factory website for custom cushions, and put in our measurements. We got our measurements by measuring the cushion covers and adding half an inch. We ordered the high quality foam with dacron wrap. We ordered two seat cushions and two back cushions.

Aft Cabin Cushion

We have an aft cabin seat cushion that is an irregular shape. We measured the largest dimensions and ordered a regular quality rectangular cushion with dacron wrap. We pulled back the dacron wrap, which was stapled together, and cut the cushion using our electric knife. Then we trimmed the dacron wrap with a scissors and put it back with adhesive spray.

Everything turned out great. We still need to get a twin foam mattress and trim it to fit the aft berth.