Out with the old and saving for the new

When we bought our boat, she had these basic cockpit cushions (that you see stacked up on the vberth) on it. And that's where they always stayed, until we started sleeping up there. Then we stacked them up and started storing them back in the aft cabin. 

Now, you might be wondering why didn't we just leave them in the cockpit? Believe me, I tried several times! But try as I might, every time I forgot to bring them in at night, it would rain. It was like an open invitation to get the most sideways wind and rain to completely soak all 7 of the cushions. Ugh! It's like when you wash your car, or worse, pay to have it detailed. Deep down, the minute your car becomes pristine and dry, without a single speck of dirt left on it, you know it's about to pour down raining. You can be in the middle of a drought....wash your car and bam! It starts raining!! 

What I don't like about these standard cushions is, they are made from an open-cell foam and then covered with vinyl. New, they probably work well, but now several years old, the vinyl is a little worn and the water gets into the foam and mold begins to take up permanent residence. So, basically, you have to lay them out to dry out (when it stops raining). And if it's raining for a few days, you're just stuck with soggy cushions because you can't bring them inside while their wet.

 It's a pain all around and why we decided we were going to invest in new, closed-cell foam, cockpit cushions! {I can't wait!!}

So, we got tired of them cluttering up our limited space and well, they took a short trip to the dumpster! I tried taking them to the resale shop, but they don't take in cushions because they're too boat specific {I get that}. Then, I tried selling them, but also no luck there, so I found them a new home in the big blue metal box. Of course they didn't stay there long because my next trip up to the dumpster showed that they were no longer there and instead in the back of a red pickup truck. One man's trash is another man's moldy cushions treasure, I guess 

 I snagged the photo below off of C-Cushions website, just so you could see what type of cushions I'm talking about. 

They're called C-Cusions and what I really like is that you can leave them in the cockpit at all times! The one slight drawback is, when summer time rolls around, you can slide right off of them with a little sweat, but a beach towel in between you and the cushion fixes that!  There's no measuring involved either, all you do is go online and enter what type boat you have and they already have all the measurements. They also double as a floatation device, though I hope I never have to experience that, unless it's because I'm laying out getting a tan....I mean, working on my vitamin d deficiency!