I’m in the market for a new boat and have looked at the Xpress boats with seadek instead of carpet. Anyone have any experience with this decking? Pros cons? I’m looking g for low maintenance and hopefully minimal wear and tear. Attachment 419542
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I’m in the market for a new boat and have looked at the Xpress boats with seadek instead of carpet. Anyone have any experience with this decking? Pros cons? I’m looking g for low maintenance and hopefully minimal wear and tear. Attachment 419542
I had this on my pontoon deck and loved it. Always thought my next fishing boat would have it.
ONLY way to go IMO. I don’t have seadek in mine but do have hydroturf (the seadek is probably a little nicer) in mine and I can’t ever see myself going back to carpet.
No Brainer Sea deck is the bomb
I love the stuff. My tin crappie boat is all camo seadek and the new Blazer boat I'm building will be all SeaDek.
So many boats to choose from. The one's with carpet I mention SeaDek to them and they pretty much say they'd never have it. Gets hot. Melts. Comes unglued. Slippery. hard to really trust anyone since I know they're trying to push their own boats.
Proverbs 20:14 (ESV): “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Works with the seller as well. They will downplay anything they are not trying to sell. Theirs is always better than the competition’s.
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Yes. Why I was hopeful of getting more feedback on actual owners on here. :) Can always trust a fisherman. Ha.Quote:
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Riiiiiiight. :)Quote:
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SeaDek is the best thing I have put on my tracker. Self installation was easy, results are fantastic. As with anything else, proper prep work is critical for excellent results.
I bought a Xpress less that yr ago and like you had questions about seadeck... i just couldn't make my mind up. I keep my boat inside my shop and so my carpet on my last boat lasted long time cause i took care of it. I didn't know how seadeck was gonna do over the years of use vs knowing about carpet. I went with carpet. I don't think there is a wrong answer for what you decide....here are some pics with carpet.
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thank you. love your boat!
Were you able to order and have that trolling motor installed by the dealer? Most all the one's I've looked at come with a standard TM and you have to pay for it and then buy another one to have installed.
Man I ordered everything and had dealer install everything...i can do minor mechanical stuff and on old boat I would tackle things like that but on brand new boat with expensive electronics decided to let them do it....I bought from Sunrise Marine Searcy Arkansas
Whatever you decide to do I would suggest going with one of those two brands. I installed cut groove mat in my stick steer boat three years ago and it looks great. However, my boat is older and I didn’t want to spend a lot on it. I looked around and bought three 4x6 sheets with 3m backing from blacktip. Maybe it’s just the blue mat but it bleeds horribly! Everything that brushes up against it has blue marks. I’ve washed and scrubbed it multiple times and I still look like Papa Smurf after a day in it. It’s not going to be fun stripping everything off to change it. I prepped it right when I installed and that 3m backing is strong!
Had a War Eagle with white vinyl and I loved it .