transom walk through usage

[spenchey2]

Just curious, how many of you with ve's and rz's actually have people that use the walk through constantly,with out having to remind them to use it.

[chpthril]

Armor-All the sun-pad and that should get the point across

[Fiveflat]

Armor-All the sun-pad and that should get the point across

hahaha! I did that to all my vinyl in my boat on Sunday but we didn't take it out. Went out yesterday on it and it wasn't too slippery (three days later).

[hycosurf]

I would say that the adults use it and the kids maybe

[specialk]

Define adults, all of my 30 y/o friends seem to think the floor is lava. It kills me. Also for some odd reason the middle of the boat is the drip dry area, I hate to see them remain on the teak and help the next rider get ready and dry off there, that would not make any sense whatso ever. And then there is the guy who wears the shoes to step on the vinyl.

I hate being thier daddy and tell them not to put thier foot on the furniture, but I do, repeatedly.

[spenchey2]

The reason I ask is because my friend has always had a ve or rz. I on the other hand, I have always had my 22v. On his boat he just leaves the removeable pad in the walk way because no one ever uses it. Both of us are younger, to the point on who and who doesn't use the walk way.

I love my larger sun pad on my 22v and really would like tige to bring it back. I thought id see if it was more than us that rarely see it used, without being asked/told to.

[Timmy!]

I've never even put that removable pad on my boat. Does it stay in place when you are under way?

[rushin]

I've never even put that removable pad on my boat. Does it stay in place when you are under way?

Me niether, it's in a bag in the attic.

Yeah, i would say ours gets used more than walking on the vinyl.

[gwhite94]

We took our cushion out of the boat on day 2 of ownership and it has not been on the boat since. I went with the no shoes in the boat and use the walk through.

[talltigeguy]

For those who have everyone walking all over the vinyl...is your vinyl any worse off because of it?

I never thought the walkway was very practical...if your vinyl can't stand up to getting wet or the traffic of people getting in and out, then we have a vinyl problem, not people problem, IMO.

My boat has a center walkway, but I have never removed the pad that goes over it, because I like having one big sunpad.

[rensink]

I'm the one he is referring to and yes stays in place when it is underway no problem. I have taken it out maybe twice just to check on how full the pro ballast was in the rear that was it. Find it pointless to lay on 3/4 the sun pad when somebody can lay on the full thing. just my two cents.

[light200]

The removable pad does stay in place when underway, even in choppy conditions. It also gives the sundeck a nice finished look. That being said, nobody ever really uses the walkthrough because its more convenient to step on the seat vinyl to enter and exit the boat than it is to use the wobbly corner step to reach the transom walkthrough. The vinyl is starting to rip and tear, and when you get the bill to replace that once you will start forcing everyone to use the walkthrough!

Does anyone want to build me a more solid corner step, to replace the POS that tige put in there? Its actually a good idea, just not executed well by tige due to cheap cushions.

[Ewok]

I point out the transom walk-through to all the new people on my boat and they all use it. I only put the pad down when I have a few chicas on the boat who want to lay out when we are anchored.

[Fiveflat]

For those who have everyone walking all over the vinyl...is your vinyl any worse off because of it?

I never thought the walkway was very practical...if your vinyl can't stand up to getting wet or the traffic of people getting in and out, then we have a vinyl problem, not people problem, IMO.

I bought my '99 a month ago from an old man that wore his sneakers while walking all over his vinyl since he bought the boat new. The vinyl is cracked and separating at the seams in some places, but it's very minor considering it's 11 years old.
I would still like to see more durable stitching though...

[spenchey2]

For those who have everyone walking all over the vinyl...is your vinyl any worse off because of it?

I never thought the walkway was very practical...if your vinyl can't stand up to getting wet or the traffic of people getting in and out, then we have a vinyl problem, not people problem, IMO.

My boat has a center walkway, but I have never removed the pad that goes over it, because I like having one big sunpad.

THANK YOU! IMO MC has the best way to make a walk through. It doesn't take up 1/3 of the sun pad, and if you don't use it they have a nice THICK pad to put in place so you don't notice the walk through is there.

I obviously don't have a walk through and I have no problems with vinyl cracking(etc.), but I also take great care of my boat.

I only put the pad down when I have a few chicas on the boat who want to lay out when we are anchored.

#1 Reason I love the sun pad on my boat. With the walk through and activity center, tige has shrunk the sun pad and you can't look good to the rest of the people on the lake by sitting right next to three of them all soaking up the sun on the back of your boat