Tom
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The carpet in my Tracker bass boat was shot the day I bought it (new) from the dealer. It was a prior-year model that had sat on the lot for 9 months. The dealer gave me a 'due bill' to replace the carpet under warranty, but wanted to keep the boat for several months to get it done. I decided not to give up that much fishing time. Meanwhile, the long-time dealer closed up shop.
Several years later I removed the carpet from the foredeck, forward bin lids, and the main cockpit floor, and replaced with indoor/outdoor carpet. It was a lot of work removing all that adhesive and gluing new carpet down, and it initially looked OK. But it was a big mistake; Indoor/outdoor carpet is not cut-loop carpet (as is fishing boat carpet), and doesn't really stand up to our California sun (it gets 'hard'). Meanwhile, the remainder of the original carpet continued to get beaten up.
Recently, I've looked at new bass boats, but kept asking myself "what's wrong with what I have?" I've also obtained quotes for re-carpeting, but wondered why I'd put $3,000 into a 10-year old fishing boat.
Enter Chris (my other half). She has a lull in business, and volunteered to re-carpet the bass boat; I immediately ordered the (correct bass boat) carpet and adhesive. Chris has a business remodeling yachts and home interior decor; She's achieved some amazing results, but yachts typically don't have glued-down carpet. So, this is a new one for her.
The adhesive turned up today and the carpet will arrive on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chris has been busy removing old carpet and adhesive, and making templates. I've been busy drilling rivets and removing screws to take sections of the aluminum boat apart. Hopefully we can put it all back together
Several years later I removed the carpet from the foredeck, forward bin lids, and the main cockpit floor, and replaced with indoor/outdoor carpet. It was a lot of work removing all that adhesive and gluing new carpet down, and it initially looked OK. But it was a big mistake; Indoor/outdoor carpet is not cut-loop carpet (as is fishing boat carpet), and doesn't really stand up to our California sun (it gets 'hard'). Meanwhile, the remainder of the original carpet continued to get beaten up.
Recently, I've looked at new bass boats, but kept asking myself "what's wrong with what I have?" I've also obtained quotes for re-carpeting, but wondered why I'd put $3,000 into a 10-year old fishing boat.
Enter Chris (my other half). She has a lull in business, and volunteered to re-carpet the bass boat; I immediately ordered the (correct bass boat) carpet and adhesive. Chris has a business remodeling yachts and home interior decor; She's achieved some amazing results, but yachts typically don't have glued-down carpet. So, this is a new one for her.
The adhesive turned up today and the carpet will arrive on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Chris has been busy removing old carpet and adhesive, and making templates. I've been busy drilling rivets and removing screws to take sections of the aluminum boat apart. Hopefully we can put it all back together