How To: DIY Upgrade Your 895 Mattress

[pnw895owner]

The grey 3.5 inch mattresses that come on an 895 aren't really suitable for sleeping more than 1 night. So I replaced them with a 10" foam mattress. Just wanted to pass along a how-to on how you can affordably and easily upgrade your v-berth mattress on your 895.


Steps:
- Purchased a 10 inch Lucid medium semi plush King-sized mattress on Amazon (around $300).
- Purchased an electric knife (aka electric turkey knife) on Amazon for about $15.
- Removed the two mattress covers that came on the Lucid mattress to reveal the 10' foam.
- Removed the two factory mattress pads that came from the Jeanneau factory in the v-berth. Used those two pads as a template for marking then cutting the foam mattress to shape with the electric knife (note on shape: there is a non removable 3.5 inch rim at the foot of the bed which I cut a notch in the mattress to accommodate. Specifically, I cut in 3.5 inches horizontally from the foot of the mattress, and 3.5 inches up vertically from the bottom of the mattress to remove a rim of foam in the size and shape of the non-removable 3.5 inch rim. That non-removable rim serves to hold the mattress in place so its actually convenient that it doesn't come out).
- Now that the mattress is cut, put the two Lucid covers back on the new mattress. 
- Install on boat.

Notes:
- For under $350 we got a custom fitting mattress that is significantly more comfortable than the factory v-berth even after I’d added a pillow topper to it.
- I saved the two factory mattress pads that came with the boat, just in case we sell in the future and the buyer wants them. 
- You'll want to use an electric knife. It's well worth the $15. Makes the cuts straight fast and easy. Using a razor knife is really difficult and non-professional looking by comparison.
- This whole project takes about 2 hours. (30 minutes - opening mattress and laying everything out, 30 minutes - marking the foam using the existing mattress inserts as a template, 30 minutes - cutting along marked lines with electric knife, 30 minutes - installing)
- There is no mess, cutting the mattress doesn't kick up a big cloud of foam or anything.

Pictures:


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Above picture showing non-removable rim around foot of bed.


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Above picture showing foam, with both covers removed, having been cut with electric knife. Also electric knife is pictured in lower corner.


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Above picture showing mattress, with covers back on, placed in v-berth.


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Above picture, bedding re-added to mattress.


If there are any questions on how to accomplish this, don't hesitate to ask.

(related note: I've seen some of you folks out on the water with some interesting customizations, I'd be interested to see other people do how-to's as well).

[Zanshin]

That's a great job.

I've gone a different way on past boats by installing the modular Froli spring system which transform a factory pad to a real mattress.

[CruisingCascadia]

That's a great idea! We just cut a mattress topper to fit but I think we might try this out 10" foam replacement out. 

[harmony2]

Just saw your post.  Looks interesting.  We use the storage area under the foot of the bed a lot.  The Lucid 10" is about 45 lbs.  Has raising the foot of the bed been a problem?  How about getting into the forward hatch under the bed?

[pnw895owner]

Raising the foot of the bed is obviously heavier with the mattress but I can do it if need be. However I usually use the door on the front to access below the bed.

I will say that it makes it so much more comfortable to sleep on for multiple nights that the minor hassle of access is well worth it to me.

[lynnardm]

These are good ideas to make the 895 bed useable. Our approach was similar to yours (PNW895 owner). After trying a few approaches we settled on the following. We determined the standard 3” pad wasn’t really doing its job and barely compressing. So we replaced its hard foam with a top quality medium furniture foam. We did this on the inner area (which is 2 separate pads) but left the outer “ring” as is similar to what PNW895 did. Removing rhe foam from the covers and using it as a template to make new pieces wasn’t too difficult. An electric carving knife works great. Then with the help from our local upholsterer we make a 4” thick topper “mattress”. This overlays the entire bed area shaped to match the outer ring. The mattress consists of a 3” thick cooling memory foam, a 1” thick latex foam, and 1/2” of what our upholster calls fluff. I call it padding. All were glued together using spray adhesive so they stay in place relative to each other. They are all encased in a custom cover made out of good furniture fabric. This top mattress compresses fairly easily but of course the foam inside can be trailered it ones preference. With the revised softer bottom section and the new top section this results in 7” of mattress. It’s perfect for our preference. We actually like it better than our bed at home.

Capt’n Lynn

[CruisingCascadia]

Not Sure if I have posted this before but we installed a linear actuator under our bed so that we wouldn't have to lift it by hand. It is rated for 330lbs and we got a remote control switching unit to control the arm. Here are the links to the video of the bed and the parts on amazon. Check out our Princess Louisa cruise video while you're at our youtube channel  

Video of bed lifting


Linear actuator
www.amazon.com/dp/B00NM8H67C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_743Q5B6KB0NM1H79EDBZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Controller
www.amazon.com/dp/B079K8D3YK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_49YCJ46KT3JKQGBVK0WY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[MalcolmP]

Feb 13, 2021 20:42:42 GMT CruisingCascadia said:

Not Sure if I have posted this before but we installed a linear actuator under our bed so that we wouldn't have to lift it by hand. It is rated for 330lbs and we got a remote control switching unit to control the arm. Here are the links to the video of the bed and the parts on amazon. Check out our Princess Louisa cruise video while you're at our youtube channel  

Video of bed lifting

Linear actuator
www.amazon.com/dp/B00NM8H67C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_743Q5B6KB0NM1H79EDBZ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Controller
www.amazon.com/dp/B079K8D3YK/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_49YCJ46KT3JKQGBVK0WY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Love it! looks an excellent upgrade.

[dominicgarza]

Jan 3, 2021 17:09:19 GMT lynnardm said:

These are good ideas to make the 895 bed useable. Our approach was similar to yours (PNW895 owner). After trying a few approaches we settled on the following. We determined the standard 3” pad wasn’t really doing its job and barely compressing. So we replaced its hard foam with a top quality medium furniture foam. We did this on the inner area (which is 2 separate pads) but left the outer “ring” as is similar to what PNW895 did. Removing rhe foam from the covers and using it as a template to make new pieces wasn’t too difficult. An electric carving knife works great. Then with the help from our local upholsterer we make a 4” thick topper “mattress” by having some futon mattress reviews. This overlays the entire bed area shaped to match the outer ring. The mattress consists of a 3” thick cooling memory foam, a 1” thick latex foam, and 1/2” of what our upholster calls fluff. I call it padding. All were glued together using spray adhesive so they stay in place relative to each other. They are all encased in a custom cover made out of good furniture fabric. This top mattress compresses fairly easily but of course the foam inside can be trailered it ones preference. With the revised softer bottom section and the new top section this results in 7” of mattress. It’s perfect for our preference. We actually like it better than our bed at home.

Capt’n Lynn

This is a nice idea to make your bed useful. I have implemented your idea and have good results.

[stillc]

Jul 17, 2019 3:19:26 GMT CruisingCascadia said:

That's a great idea! We just cut a mattress topper to fit but I think we might try this out 10" foam replacement out. 

I thought of foam replacement, but tried a topper and got more than satisfied with it. Though we got the thickest one we managed to find. Maybe that's the reason why it's so good. 

[nina12]

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[lynnardm]

Mattress available... I'm needing to clean out our upstairs closet so I need to move our 895 original "mattress". This is the first one I had made and reported on in this thread.  My wife decided it was a bit too soft.   So I replaced the innards with similar materials that were slightly firmer.  This is the entire inside of the mattress, but not the outer fabric covering.  If could be used as is or a cover could be made.  If one of you located in the south sound (Washington state) are interested in it me know via a personal message and I can provide more info including pics.  

Captn Lynn