V berth and aft memory foam thickness

zaverin1

looking to upgrade my sleeping comfort.
what is everyone getting to go over the existing foam made out of carboard lol

Handymans342

Stay in a hilton. RLMAO

zaverin1

Well my wife is preggo again and yes she would love that option no matter what boat we have 

zaverin1

I am selling it this summer and she is all in on a nice 342 or 340 dancer 

Stodge

We replaced both the front and back pads in our 280 with a 4 inch topper that was half dense foam and half memory foam.  Bought 2 queen toppers with that mix and cut them to size with an electric knife.  The hard part was making new covers.  My wife took the existing covers apart, kept the bottoms (plastic with zippers) and sewed on new tops (Tommy Bahama pattern from JoAnns) that allowed for the thicker foam.  

Handymans342

zaverin1 said:

I am selling it this summer and she is all in on a nice 342 or 340 dancer 

You should get a nice 342 with diesels.

Stodge

Handymans342 said:

zaverin1 said:

I am selling it this summer and she is all in on a nice 342 or 340 dancer 

You should get a nice 342 with diesels.

Dunno about down there, but diesels add some serious $$ to the price tag of a boat up here.  

Handymans342

So what's mine worth up there???

Dude_Himself

If the wife is preggo's what's the bed for?

  

zaverin1

So we can use and sleep on the boat lol

zaverin1

One of my customers just got a Chris craft with 6cylinder yanmars and zf  transmissions.

zaverin1

I want to say 340hp each 

Handymans342

zaverin1 said:

One of my customers just got a Chris craft with 6cylinder yanmars and zf  transmissions.

Ooooo la la

LaRea

Is she a side-sleeper?  4" memory foam.  Happy wife, happy life, and it scarcely matters how you sleep. 

zaverin1

Ye going to checkout foam factory here in mi
have them cut it for me
i am thinking she will be happy with 4inch top

Liberty44140

Handymans342 said:

So what's mine worth up there???

Honestly no more than down there because it will be obvious to anyone up here that the boat came from salt. If your boat had never seen salt and is a diesel 342 then you probably could get a 10-15% premium here for the FW diesel. 

Liberty44140

zaverin1 said:

Ye going to checkout foam factory here in mi
have them cut it for me
i am thinking she will be happy with 4inch top

Yep, we have 4” between two foam toppers up in the v birth and it made a huge difference. Electric knife made it easy to cut but I’ve done it with a bread knife and that was pretty easy too. 

Stodge

Liberty44140 said:

zaverin1 said:

Ye going to checkout foam factory here in mi
have them cut it for me
i am thinking she will be happy with 4inch top

Yep, we have 4” between two foam toppers up in the v birth and it made a huge difference. Electric knife made it easy to cut but I’ve done it with a bread knife and that was pretty easy too. 

If I put a 4 inch topper on top of the existing V berth cushions there would be little space between them and the ceiling.   It's already a bit of a climb to get up there. 

zaverin1

Po had a custom built step that gave you a little lift into to the v berth

ye salt water boats being closed or open cooler are not valued differently here in fresh water 

Stodge

The V berth on the 280 wasn't as high as the 342.  I considered steps for the dog because she likes to be up there with us.  But cringe when she jumps down.  

Liberty44140

Stodge said:

The V berth on the 280 wasn't as high as the 342.  I considered steps for the dog because she likes to be up there with us.  But cringe when she jumps down.  

Our dog jumps from the bed, to the shelf in front of the tv, to the dinette seat, to the floor to get down. She is only 11 lbs though so there is room. Hasn’t figured out how to get up yet though. 

Stodge

Liberty44140 said:

Stodge said:

The V berth on the 280 wasn't as high as the 342.  I considered steps for the dog because she likes to be up there with us.  But cringe when she jumps down.  

Our dog jumps from the bed, to the shelf in front of the tv, to the dinette seat, to the floor to get down. She is only 11 lbs though so there is room. Hasn’t figured out how to get up yet though. 

I've tried to get ours to do something like that but she just goes from V berth to floor.  She's 13 lbs and fine boned.  Noticed her limping the other day and I think it was from jumping off our dining room table (which is "gathering height").  Still trying to figure out how she got up there.  

Spyderweb

Liberty, Do I understand you correctly that you have the 4" stock mattress, then a 4" foam, then 2 foam toppers?  How thick is each topper?

We're in the process of deciding what to add to our V-berth on the 330.

zaverin1

Prob po was short lol
i remover the step

Liberty44140

Spyderweb said:

Liberty, Do I understand you correctly that you have the 4" stock mattress, then a 4" foam, then 2 foam toppers?  How thick is each topper?

We're in the process of deciding what to add to our V-berth on the 330.

Hi Spyder,

i have ave the standard foam mattress that came from the Rinker factory. Then I have a 1” foam topper, then I have a 3” foam topper. So, total of 4” above the factory foam mattress. You need a king size topper. 

Liberty44140

Stodge said:

Liberty44140 said:

Stodge said:

The V berth on the 280 wasn't as high as the 342.  I considered steps for the dog because she likes to be up there with us.  But cringe when she jumps down.  

Our dog jumps from the bed, to the shelf in front of the tv, to the dinette seat, to the floor to get down. She is only 11 lbs though so there is room. Hasn’t figured out how to get up yet though. 

I've tried to get ours to do something like that but she just goes from V berth to floor.  She's 13 lbs and fine boned.  Noticed her limping the other day and I think it was from jumping off our dining room table (which is "gathering height").  Still trying to figure out how she got up there.  

Ha, she sounds ambitious! Our morkie has little legs and breaking one scared the heck out of me so for $31 a month I got doggie healthcare. If you told me two years ago that I’d have a dog, was posting about her on this site, and was forking over money for healthcare for her I would have laughed in your face.