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Hello All! I have searched far & wide trying to find outdoor furniture for the decks of various boats I have owned over the years. I have found that most all store bought furniture is made with straight lines & right angles.....but boat decks have none of these. Two years ago I purchased a 2001 Carver 356 aft cabin and love this boat so so much, but struggled to find outdoor seating furniture that didn't look wonky or was overly wasteful of the outdoor deck space. So why not make my own!?!?!?

This was a very ambitious project for me and my first ever attempt at upholstery work of any kind ... but a am really happy with how it turned out. It gives us a cozy place to sit on the deck, lots of storage space, built-in fusion stereo system with banging subwoofer, USB chargers on the front, built-in drainage plumbing to keep inside dry, hinged storage in backrest for all rear deck canvas windows, and much more. Semi-built-in table to be added next. Let me know what you think. If you want to see more photos of this project, check out the google photo link below.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/11uDB7oZVQQR31Qt6

Nice job, I made something similar for a 355 some years ago. Really makes good use of the space.

Looks very nice

Nice job!

What did you use for the CAD drawings?

km1125 wrote:Source of the post
What did you use for the CAD drawings?

To get an accurate 3d model of the deck & railing, I used tracing paper and digitized it using an amazing piece of software called Photomodeler. It allows you to accurately scan large objects using a photo, and output in vector format. The sofa was designed in Trimble Sketchup. Not the best tool for the job, but was the one I had. Lastly, cut templates for the the wooden framework components were created by laying them out with Sketchup on 4'x8' sheets and printed on a Mimaki large format inkjet printer.

Looks really nice and practical. You did a nice job.

Greg

Better get a patten for that! LOL

Wow what a beautiful and professional job !

I have a 02 356 and would be happy to place an order for one of these! Fantastic job!

Awesome!