Seafari cuddy carpet question

rockdoc · #1 10-16-2004, 07:34 PM

Do you guys know- is the carpet glued to the ceiling in my cuddy stock? I had to tear some of it out today to get to some wires, and was just curious.

Any recommendations for sources to buy new carpet to replace it with? I may just leave it off for a while though....

Boat goes in the water tomorrow for the (my) first time!!!

Steve

Finster · #2 10-16-2004, 07:42 PM

Thats funny, I was thinking the same thing about the Seavette until I stared digging and found the original covering, which was "white gorilla hair" [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
You remember? The same stuff all the hippies had covering the insides of the VW buses back in the '70's?? [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

rockdoc · #3 10-17-2004, 01:09 AM

well, not all of them. The inside of my 65 bus was bare, stripped of all the old upholstery, just like my Seafari is going to be for at least a while. The Vdub was a super bare bones camper for my super low budget rock climbing trips back in the 70s.

Those old VW busses were absolutely terrifying on the highway, especially if there was any side wind at all!

Steve

nestorpr · #4 10-17-2004, 01:11 AM

And if a hippy was driving, even worse!!!

rockdoc · #5 10-17-2004, 01:36 AM

well this long retired hippy's going to be driving a Seafari, with coffee (too much) and beer (never enough) as the only mind altering substances on board, so things should be fairly safe.

Steve

newboater · #6 10-17-2004, 09:20 PM

Yea if it is white ( well at one time it was white ) plush nylon, and it is glued in pretty dam good, I had to do the same thing to get at the wiring that goes up thru windshield for the masthead light !!