Carpet padding

After watching a fishing show where they were talking all about their Ranger Bass Boat, and how the casting decks were padded under the carpet, I was out fishing.

Spent the majority of the day bare foot on my front casting deck (plywood with Home Depot outdoor carpet) my feet got quite sore. I thought to myself, hmmm that padding sounds nice right about now.

I have a new blank canvas of a boat and will be building a new casting deck for the bow. Anyone know of a good product for a thin padding to put under the carpet? And if I do, how would I best attach the carpet over the padding?

My level of interior work is plywood with fiberglass over it. Carpet glued down to that. I plan to use marine specific carpet this time, and am looking for carpet that won't get snagged by a fishing hook as easy as the Home Depot stuff does.

Thanks for any ideas!

Re: Carpet padding

How about using hydroturf or seadek on the casting deck instead of carpet? Sure is more comfortable (to me) underfoot then carpet.

Re: Carpet padding

You could use a thin neoprene closed cell underpad but nothing else would be good. Spoilsofwar probably has the best idea.

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Lots of foam products are going to hold moisture and that would be my only concern with doing this. If you can find padding that will not hold water, I think the idea is great.

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That SeaDek stuff is pretty cool! May be a good option, thanks for the response!