Guides on rubber marine flooring, boat care, and Tampa Bay boating.
Most boats that come into our Tampa shop already have something on the deck. Marine carpet, peel-and-stick EVA foam, old SeaDek panels, vinyl sheeting, or some combination of all f
Read more →Hydro-Turf is a legitimate rubber product and a step above EVA foam. But on a 22- to 28-foot center console running Tampa Bay, Boca Ciega Bay, or offshore through John’s Pass
Read more →Most marina guides online are either two years out of date, funded by the facilities themselves, or both. Rates change. Waitlists open and close. Liveaboard policies get tightened
Read more →Deck Armor rubber flooring installed correctly lasts the life of the boat under Florida conditions — which is why we back it with a lifetime warranty on recreational vessels. That
Read more →Marine rubber outlasts EVA foam under Florida sun by roughly double. In Tampa Bay conditions, quality marine rubber holds its color, grip, and adhesion for 8 to 10 years. EVA foam
Read more →If you want to fish the skinny stuff around Tampa Bay — Cockroach Bay, the Kitchen up near Weedon Island, the back side of Fort De Soto — the four hulls that actually earn their ke
Read more →Marine rubber flooring in Florida runs anywhere from $1,200 on a small skiff to $6,500-plus on a 30-foot center console with full hatch wrap and complex cutouts. That’s a wid
Read more →From the day you drop your boat off to the day it’s back in the water, a Deck Armor install runs about a week. The hands-on install is roughly one to two days, then the floor
Read more →If you fish the flats out of Tierra Verde or run offshore from Maximo, go charcoal grey or virgin black. If you weekend-cruise on a Bennington or Catalina out of Harborage at Baybo
Read more →Marine carpet was designed for freshwater lakes and mild summers. Florida is salt, UV, afternoon thunderstorms, 90% humidity, and decks that sit in the sun for 245 days a year. Eve
Read more →Most rubber marine flooring failures we see in the Tampa shop aren’t from age or UV. They’re from owners using the wrong cleaner, or scrubbing with the wrong brush, or
Read more →St. Pete has more than a dozen public boat ramps, but only five of them are worth your time if you’re towing anything bigger than a jon boat. The rest are either silted in, p
Read more →For Florida boats that live in the sun year-round, marine rubber flooring outlasts SeaDek by roughly double — 8 to 10 years vs. 3 to 6 years before you’re shopping for a repl
Read more →Marine-grade rubber flooring properly installed lasts 8 to 10 years in Florida conditions. Here’s the honest breakdown of what kills marine floors, how rubber compares to EVA
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