Not usually. Sometimes I have in cold winter weather and stick something under 
the mattress to prop it up. You can use Dri-Dek squares or similar to get a 
little airspace. Do note you gain a lot of comfort from not having a center 
seam and you lose easy access to the storage under the bunk, you really have to 
hold the whole thing up and reach under.

Joe Della Barba
Coquina


From: Richard Bush <bushma...@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2025 9:57 AM
To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] V-berth Mattress

Joe, do you experience any moisture or condensation on the bottom of the 
mattress? Or have you place some kind of aeration there?

Richard
19085 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River;

Richard N. Bush Law Offices
2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine
Louisville, Kentucky 40220
(502) 584-7255


On Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 07:32:13 AM EDT, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:



I ordered a king-sized memory foam mattress off of Amazon and an electric 
carving knife. I put the V-berth cushions on top of it, ran a Sharpie around 
the cushions, and then cut along the lines with the electric knife. The 
resulting mattress is very comfortable 😊 Wresting it onto the boat and through 
the cabin was like fighting with a giant octopus though. The wind was gusting 
over 40 the day I took it to the boat and I almost got blown off the dock with 
it. Ages ago I had a ā€œtopperā€ made by a company at the boat show, this is 
essentially a mattress pad cut to shape for your boat. If I didn’t have this I 
would have needed to make one, while the memory foam is very comfortable, in 
the summer absent a mattress pad you sink into it and roast.

  *   Yes, believe it or not, a C&C 35 MK I V-berth is king-size wide at the 
aft end.

You can search on ā€œtopper boat mattress padā€ and find all kinds of links and 
ideas. Cutting the foam mattress to shape myself was WAY cheaper and we use the 
electric knife for cutting up roasts and turkeys to this day.

Joe Della Barba

Coquina



From: ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 6:29 PM
To: C&C <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>>
Cc: ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu<mailto:trya...@alumni.usc.edu>>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List V-berth Mattress



It was either this list or the Facebook list in which someone asked about doing 
something to make the V-berth more comfortable for sleeping. Here's a link to a 
Sailrite video that might be just what you're looking for: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-GhD7jLiqw



Alan Bergen

35 Mk III Thirsty

Rose City YC

Portland, OR


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