Carpet on the cabin walls

[Chris D]

Hey All,
Anyone have an opinion on applying carpet to the cabin walls? I am in the middle of a refurbish and was thinking that it would make the interior more comfortable,as well as cut down on condensation. Mold and mildew fest or glorious comfort?

[MacGyver]

Mold and mildew are controllable issues really, one can seal the boat up properly as far as leaks, then also keep ventilated properly, and a proper desiccant style material to take care of residual.

I personally like the carpet in my 19, which I replaced when I fully redid the boat. The carpet that was in it before also carried a certain smell but the boat when purchased had been neglected for 10 years and also no control methods in place to prevent such issues.
I have owned for several years and my Ex wife and I used to take care of that meticulously to keep that from being a issue.

My vote is the specific carpet which can be purchased from Sailrite, including the spray adhesive. It can be a tedious job but well worth the effort I feel.

Mac 

[Chris D]

MacGyver,
   Thank you for your response. There was carpet glued to the berths when I got it and probably helped to rot them out. It was incredibly difficult to remove and I wound up cutting the berths out anyway. So it goes.  I won't be applying carpet to the new berths, but it did seem like some on the walls would make it a bit more comfy.  I have some indoor/outdoor backless carpet that I was thinking of using. It would certainly a bit less expensive than sailrite.

[carry-on]

The Hutchins 2018 price list showed Geometric hull liner for $36/square yard. I f that means it is cut to fit the 16 cabin, may be a labor saver.

[wes]

Just did my boat with Sailrite 102635 HullBlanket Headliner, Sand color, $19.95 per running yard, 72" wide. Much better solution than carpet. Sailrite has great how-to videos. You just need a carpet knife and the 3M spray adhesive. The material stretches slightly to allow nice smooth corners. Highly recommended.

Wes

[Chris D]

Thanks Wes. That does seem to be quite reasonable.

[Finbar Beagle]

Be sure to ventilate well when using the 3M adhesive.  I used a heavy duty mask with filters, and still felt it.

I would recommend using a fan to exhaust the air in cabin, and will do so myself next time.  Lesson learned.

The 3M adhesive is on year 3 and working well.  I only had to reapply the factory liner to cabin ceiling after replacing bow pulpit rail.