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Twenty years ago, marine flooring meant a straight choice between teak and marine carpet. Teak was gorgeous but expensive and needed the kind of ongoing care that turned your pride-and-joy boat into a regrettable full-time job. Carpet was cheap, but it smelled treacherous in a surprisingly short period of time. You were, as the old saying goes, stuck between a rock and a hard place. But the interesting, reliable, safe, and (above all) comfortable flooring today lives somewhere between those two …

Most boats spend the majority of their lives on a trailer or tucked away in a marina, waiting for the weekend to arrive, but a houseboat never gets that luxury. It doesn't get the working week off, and nobody locks it up and forgets about it until spring. Houseboats are a different prospect entirely. You wake up, cook breakfast, and actually live on them all day. You wander across the deck in bare feet at midnight to investigate a noise that turns out to be absolutely nothing. You potter around, …

There is a moment, usually around hour six of a fishing trip, when you look down and realize your cockpit floor has become something resembling a hotel breakfast griddle. Except instead of eggs, it's saltwater, fish blood, and whatever else the ocean decided to contribute to your afternoon. Alas, this is just life on a center console. With no cabin or shade (unless you had the foresight to bolt one on), you are standing on a wide, open deck that bakes in direct sun and collects everything a day …