The Backing Is Everything.
This is the single most important difference between a BoatMat Corporation product and everything else on the market. The backing — what sits between the mat and your deck — determines whether a product holds up for years or falls apart in months.
The competitor product uses a 20-ounce-per-yard carpet. It was never engineered for heat, moisture, salt, or UV exposure. It was designed for a hallway or a living room, then sold to you as “marine grade.”
Under real marine conditions, it breaks down. It sheds. It flakes. It leaves a layer of brown residue across your deck that takes hours to clean — if it comes off at all.
66 ounces per yard on the backing alone. Another 40 ounces on the top weight. A whopping 106 ounces per yard total — factory-integrated at the mill. Their entire product is a mere 20 ounces per square yard, with backing literally brushed on.
The unfortunate reality is that a plethora of prestigious yacht programs paid top dollar for this product — not knowing it would fail. Not knowing that what they were sold as “marine grade” was never engineered to survive the marine environment.
We run a different business. We sell a product that we are proud to guarantee — the backing, for life.
This is not an isolated case. Week after week, captains and owners contact us because the mats they purchased from other suppliers have completely failed — the backing has disintegrated and the residue left behind on the deck is sometimes worse than the mat itself.
Engineered for Marine Service. Nothing Less.
Every mat we produce is built for the conditions it will face — heat, moisture, salt, UV, constant foot traffic, and the expectation of owners and builders who accept nothing less than the best.
Over 5× the weight. That’s not a marginal difference — that’s an entirely different product.
Construction follows the same standard. Precision commercial embroidery with Madeira Polyneon thread — the only embroidery thread that meets our standards. Heavyweight American-made UV-stabilized polypropylene binding on every edge, sewn with UV-stabilized 92-weight poly thread — built to hold its form in direct sun, salt, and moisture year after year. Finishing techniques refined over 31 years of continuous production. Every product is 100% handcrafted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — not run through a workshop with backing brushed on by hand.