Re: Just bought my boat!
I'll tell you what, a few common sense 'rules' and the carpet should be ok. My rules are no shoes, let it dry when you're done with it and keep the sun off of it when not in use. One of our old boats is an 84 Bayliner in pristine original shape (folks bought it new) and the carpet is actually still 50% as new using my simple rules. It is really cheapo carpet too. Wash the fish guts off right away and avoid red gatoraid. I've seen at least one person on Iboats add snap in carpet to a formarly carpeted boat and yes it was a pretty big job.
As for the weight vs speed sometimes i wonder which is better, the extra 500lbs my 18 footer weighs over most or the extra 5 mph I lose for being heavy.
jefro, it won't "wear" at all. It looked trampled down the day it left the factory, and it'll look that way on 20 years.Unless you actually tear it.
Seriously, my dad rode in my boat for the first time in 4 years after selling it to me, and that's the first thing he said, "Wow, this carpet looks all matted down, just like it did the day I bought the boat brand new!" hehehe
I'll tell you what, a few common sense 'rules' and the carpet should be ok. My rules are no shoes, let it dry when you're done with it and keep the sun off of it when not in use. One of our old boats is an 84 Bayliner in pristine original shape (folks bought it new) and the carpet is actually still 50% as new using my simple rules. It is really cheapo carpet too. Wash the fish guts off right away and avoid red gatoraid. I've seen at least one person on Iboats add snap in carpet to a formarly carpeted boat and yes it was a pretty big job.
As for the weight vs speed sometimes i wonder which is better, the extra 500lbs my 18 footer weighs over most or the extra 5 mph I lose for being heavy.
