Papidoos56
1973 E32-2
OK… so I recently acquired a 1973 Ericson 32 Sailboat. Upon looking at the cushion inventory I noticed a mish mash of designs, some original, some fairly recent (although I have to say poorly done) recoverings. I took it upon myself to order some supplies from Sailrite, watch their videos, etc.
Today I went up to where my boat is and using the scrim I ordered and following the directions, I took patterns for the V-berth, Port side settee, right side settee, and aft berth. When I got home I matched what I had patterned with what I had retrieved from the boat. Not surprisingly, or perhaps a bit surprisingly, some of the patterns I traced did not match the cushions nor the foam itself once I pulled it out. This was not true for the unusual V berth and aft cushions, which, although probably original were at least shaped correctly. The newer cushions looked like they were done from measurements or guesswork rather than tracings. Probably not as accurate.
My questions are:
1) Should I trust my tracings and get new foam?
2) Does Foam go bad? Shrink? Harden? One of my cushion foams is at least 1” shorter all around than the form I traced.
3) Is the foam/cushion for the drop table in the Port Settee supposed to be bigger than the table to sort of squeeze into the gap? The foam is 2 ½” longer than my tracing but the same width as the table.
4) Does the same apply to the Keystone cushion? Is it designed to squeeze into the gap between the two V berth cushions?
I appreciate any time and help.
Today I went up to where my boat is and using the scrim I ordered and following the directions, I took patterns for the V-berth, Port side settee, right side settee, and aft berth. When I got home I matched what I had patterned with what I had retrieved from the boat. Not surprisingly, or perhaps a bit surprisingly, some of the patterns I traced did not match the cushions nor the foam itself once I pulled it out. This was not true for the unusual V berth and aft cushions, which, although probably original were at least shaped correctly. The newer cushions looked like they were done from measurements or guesswork rather than tracings. Probably not as accurate.
My questions are:
1) Should I trust my tracings and get new foam?
2) Does Foam go bad? Shrink? Harden? One of my cushion foams is at least 1” shorter all around than the form I traced.
3) Is the foam/cushion for the drop table in the Port Settee supposed to be bigger than the table to sort of squeeze into the gap? The foam is 2 ½” longer than my tracing but the same width as the table.
4) Does the same apply to the Keystone cushion? Is it designed to squeeze into the gap between the two V berth cushions?
I appreciate any time and help.