The Nautolex floor vinyl products, makers of Decko Dot, has been around for years. The Decko Dot style is relatively new (1-2 year?). They had two older style vinyl deck products. One looks like a faux teak decking. This product was the factory deck covering on some Chris Craft and Lyman wooden run sport boats when they were new (1950-70's ?). It also was used on the cockpit deck of Bertram sportfish models back when their deck (cockpit) were plywood. The 31 Bertram had the white version. The other style looks similar to a carpet but is vinyl. This style is often used to cover the plywood deck of aluminum fish boats and pontoon boats.

I Just installed the Decko Dot product in my boat this year. I had completely replaced the old deck in my 1970 Thunderbird 19' Cathedral hull with a new plywood deck that I had epoxy/fiberglass coated. I needed to protect (cover) the epoxy from UV rays so decided to use the Decko Dot product. I wanted something that looked good, was durable, had good non-skid properties, cleaned up easily and would not be too difficult to install. I considered Decko Dot, various paint products, pickup truck spray-in bed liner and a few other products. I am very happy with the results I got with the Decko Dot. The only unknow at this point is how long it will last. So far it looks great and if it performs anywhere close to their other vinyl deck products I should get 10+ years minimum before I need to do anything to the deck.