[C320-list] Cabin interior cushions

[Darren Hulbert]

Hilario Martinez (818-470-9664) is the person who owns and operates the business for Catalina Yacht store. It will save you money to go directly through him as Catalina yacht store takes a cut.

Hilario is a great guy. He used to run the upholstery shop for Catalina, but when they moved to Florida, he stayed in the old factory. He still has all the patterns and probably even made the original cushions for your boat (he did mine #816 2001).

He remade our cockpit cushions and everything in the fore/aft cabins for I think about 4k. I think at the time he quoted us 5-6k for the entire salon. Type of fabric varies widely with price. 

He’s still not “cheap”, but less expensive than having him do it through CYS. And besides, it’s pretty neat to say all our stuff was redone by the guy who originally made it to begin with.

Darren 
Reposado #816

> On Feb 26, 2021, at 9:22 AM, Tim Hoffert <thoffert77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> The Catalina Yacht Store (linked from the official catalinayachts.com
> website) has custom built factory replacement interior and cockpit
> cushions.  We are currently having them build a set of replacement cockpit
> cushions built for our 1999 320.  They are actually making the cushions
> this this week, so I will reserve my final judgement until we
> receive them.  However, so far I am very impressed with the service.  Even
> though the website links from the official Catalina web page, the store is
> not the actual factory.  I believe they are somewhat loosely affiliated
> with the factory, though.  The store owner (Holly) worked with us at time
> of order to make sure she had all the relevant boat details, talked through
> shipping and lead time, etc.  Holly called me twice this week to get photos
> of different areas of the cockpit to to make sure they are accounting for
> minor mid-model year changes that took place during production of our
> boat.  The people fabricating the cushions are former Catalina employees
> that built these cushions for the factory and are very familiar with the
> design changes through the years, even minor mid year changes.  This
> impressed me very much!
> 
> They are pricy, though our cockpit cushions were less than through the
> Catalina Direct store.  Shipping is very pricey due to the size, so don't
> get caught off guard there.  Mine is going to be somewhere between $250 and
> $350-won't know exactly until they ship them.  You may be able to find
> someone to fabricate locally much cheaper.  However, if you're looking to
> match the original factory cushions, I would check with them.
> 
> Tim
> 1999 C320 #612
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:35 AM David Nolte <dcnolte at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> While we are on the topic of interior replacements, we may want to get new
>> cushions for all of the interior settees, the V Berth, etc.  Ours are not
>> blue, but I have had blue envy since I have had the boat. The color of our
>> cushions is hard to describe. They are kind of a brownish mauve. They came
>> with the boat. I am sure that a few of you have this color too. It was
>> actually a real good color to have with kids growing up, it hid dirt well.
>> 
>> They are still in OK shape, but I am wondering what it would take to
>> replace them…and maybe get blue.  I know that I have seen posts about this,
>> but I cannot find any.
>> 
>> If I recall, there might be third party providers that make these? Any
>> info would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> David Nolte
>> Beach House  0004