upholstery and model
We reupholstered our ourselves with a home machine. Chose a nice fabric and in general used the old covers as guides and patterns. We decided to use velcro closure instead of zipper. We added 2" to the V berth mattresses which made them great to sleep on. If you do that, I suggest relatively firm foam on top of the existing foam. Reupholstering isn't nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. now both my wife and i do various projects for the boat. The original Cal 27 was a pop-top. It had 6'4" headroom with the top up. the second model was the t/2. It is almost as if they raised the pop-top to 6'1" and glassed it in to hold it up! moved the portlights also. the 2-27 was actually the third model. It has a more traditional raised coachroof. All three of those models shared the same hull. The 3-27 was an entirely different boat-different hull, different displacement, etc.
