After you re-insert the foam into the cover, lightly dust the surface of the foam with baking soda. Make sure they are dry before putting them below decks, and keep that can of Fabreeze handy. I do the baking soda and it works well.

That is an awesome job! Those colors look pretty sharp too. I'll be sending you my cushions for new covers (if I can get the zippers unstuck! )

LOL Chinook; "lamp cord wire" That is a spot on description! In any event, it has all been replaced with marine grade 16 ga wire. As far as the bilge water goes...I am definitely getting rainwater in the bilge, on both sides to the outside of the ballast channels. Center part is dry. Guess...

Thanks for all the advice. Installed shore power plug aft cabin port side and managed to (JUST!) reach the aft part of the galley within the 10' limit. Started rewiring the DC to accommodate the GPS and new mast top light. Once I started shooting wires, I found the previous owner had used 18 ga wire...

Is this the cover you mentioned?

I need to update my contact info for my profile. Lots of great advice (and People) on here.

Thanks for the input. I'm not sure of which panel you are talking about, but I did take a pic. I think that is further down the gunwale than I want to drill. Reading your post did prompt me to get my fat a@@ back out and look at it from a different angle. I'm thinking behind the stripe and follow fo...

Hello everyone! Just recently getting back into sailing after a long hiatus. I got bit by the sailing bug about 10 years ago, and after much research, decided the 26x would be a fun boat to learn on, so I bought a used 2001 model. Boy, hindsight is 20/20, isn't it! Despite the "learning curve&q...