Recarpet 96 Lund Pro Angler Tiller Advice

I am considering purchasing a 96 Lund Pro Angler tiller. The boat looks like it is in good shape, but the carpet is shot. Assuming the floor has no soft spots, how big a job is this? I have tried to watch a few youtube videos to get a sense of this, but people’s attempts to give guidance on carpeting a boat seem particularly inept compare to many other things you can learn how to do on youtube. My specific questions are:

If the boat is 16 feet long, how long a piece of marine carpet do I need to buy?
Is there a decent video on going around corners, dealing with junctions, etc?
If there are no soft spots, do I have to take the deck off?
Should I consider vinyl? If so, is it harder to work with than carpet?

Thanks

You can look up my post about restoring an Alumacraft Tournament Pro 170 (17′ boat) tiller. I did have a couple soft spots and replaced most of the carpet and flooring, I also redid all of the wiring and replaced the switches. All said I had roughly $525 in materials. As far as how much carpet I ended up buying mine in 6′ width and had to buy roughly 45′ in length.

It’s not too bad to do yourself, I would definitely remove the flooring in order to wrap the carpet, for an outside corner I just make a cut in the corner and wrap the carpet around the bottom side of the floor, you really don’t notice the cut, but a tip would be to not cut all the way to the corner of the floor. Cut about an 1/8″ away from the edge of the wood, for an inside corner I do the same cut but you need to be careful about cutting at a straight 45 deg angle. If you have any other question send me a PM, I’m always happy to help out any way I can.

I restored a 16 ft ’81 Lund Pike a year and a half ago. I used 30ft of 6ft carpet.

Here is a link to the story I wrote about the project.

https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=43801&p=441246&hilit=81+Lund#p441246

You will find this website as great resource.

Also in the process.

All the vertical wood panels I’m coating with spar varnish. Love the look of natural wood so it’s a win win just coating it vs recarpeting.

If the carpet is shot check the plywood good for soft spots. It is not a real bad job to change the plywood out and recarpet while out. Make a diagram of the strings under the floor and mark then on the new floor using tape. I used truss head screws with a flat washer under the head to fasten the floor down. I am in the finishing steps of doing a Pro V I bought last fall. I think I bought 25 foot of carpet 6 foot wide for mine and it looks like just about the ight amount. Be sure to run the carpet all the same by marking it so you can tell which end goes to the back. I have done several boats over the years and it is something I enjoy doing

Thank you all for the excellent and helpful responses. I chickened out and bought a 1999 boat with a carpet in good condition, but if I hang onto this boat I can see a carpet job in the future, so it is good to have a little more confidence going into it.

Did this myself last spring, 16′ lund here, so it didnt come with any “floor” so I ninja-rigged a bass fishing deck on the front angled portion of the boat. Carpeting a boat requires that you take off any wood then staple the carpet around the back side of the wood then screwing the carpeted wood back onto the boat. Watch a video on building a canvas frame for painting. It will be more relevant

Where would a person look to have this done, if so inclined to not do it themselves? I have a 1997 Alumacraft Dominator that is going to need to be done. Also wanting to replace the wood under the carpeting .

The boat is just to good of shape and prices of new are to crazy. I feel this is just a maitenance issue and the boat would be good for another 20 years. Thanks
Shawn

Most marinas will do this or at least they do here