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MariDeck is Interviewed on American Outdoors TV

Watch this 4-Minute MariDeck Installation Video

This video features a general overview of MariDeck and how it is applied to boats. This demonstration is a pontoon boat but MariDeck is a great product for aluminum fishing boats all the way up through large houseboats.

Specifically designed for sport and leisure watercraft, MariDeck is an exterior grade vinyl deck covering. High-tech polymer formulation repels water and moisture, preventing deck rot, while embossed surface texture provides slip-resistance. Designed with UV stabilizers, the deck covering will resist fading and endure long-term use. MariDeck......the #1 Choice in Boat Flooring!

9 Billion Dollars Spent on Used Boats in 2015

The National Marine Manufacturers Association has announced that used boat sales for 2015 totaled $9 billion, which is an increase from 2014 of 1.9 percents in units sold and 3.4 percent in dollars. These figures come from the NMMA’s 2015 U.S. Recreational Boating Statistical Abstract.

Other highlights from the report include: unit sales were up in all boat categories except jet boats, which fell 1.6 percent; traditional powerboats (meaning powered by outboards, inboards, sterndrives, or jet propulsion) made up 84 percent of all used unit sales, which is an increase of 2.1 percent over 2014; and pre-owned ski/wakeboard boats made up 2 percent of all pre-owned boat sales and increased the most of any segment, up 9.8 percent in units and 15.8 percent in dollars.

Always Know the Best Knot for Your Pontoon Boat with this Animated App for Your Phone or Ipad

Whether you are new to Pontoon Boating or a seasoned captain, you can always learn a new knot. Knots are an easy way to impress your family and friends and just look plain cool. We found this very thorough app for all you weekend Pontoon boat enthusiasts to keep your boating knot skills fresh. And the best thing is the app is not just limited to boating knots, it covers all kinds. This app is also great for camping, hauling, and construction projects.

Named best knot-tying app by Outside Magazine! Learn to tie knots the fun and easy way from the creators of the web's #1 knot site. Animated Knots by Grog is simply the best, most comprehensive teaching and reference tool for boaters, climbers, fishermen, scouts and hobbyists. Watch knots tie themselves in simple step-by-step photo animations, or go frame-by-frame as you learn each knot. Tap the info button to get detailed descriptions about each knot's correct use, advantages and disadvantages, and other information.

INCLUDED KNOTS: (Knots go by a variety of names with the most common shown here. App includes a complete, searchable list.): Albright Knot, Alpine Butterfly Bend, Alpine Butterfly Loop, Double Alpine Butterfly, Anchor Hitch, Arbor Knot, Ashley Bend, Ashley Stopper Knot, Australian Braid, Back Splice, Barrel Hitch, Bimini Twist, Blake's Hitch, Blood Knot, Bowline, Bowline on a Bight, One-Handed Bowline, Running Bowline, Water Bowline, Braid Single Rope, Locked Brummel Splice, Brummel Demo, McDonald Brummel Eye Splice, Buntline Hitch, Butcher's, Carrick Bend, Carrick Bend Mat, Celtic Knot Mat, Chain Sinnet, Chain Splice, Care & Cleaning, Cleat Hitch (Deck), Cleat Hitch (Halyard), Clove Hitch (Loops), Clove Hitch (End), Clove Hitch (Half Hitches), Cobra Lanyard Knot, Coil Attached Rope, Coil Unattached Rope, Common Whipping, Constrictor, Constrictor-Surgical, Cow Hitch (End), Cow Hitch (Loops), Crown, Crown Sinnet, Davy, Double Davy, Diamond Lanyard, Distel Hitch, Double Fisherman's, Double Overhand, Drapery Tie Back, Dropper Loop, Duncan (Uni) Knot, Figure 8, Egg Loop Knot, Directional Figure 8 loop, Figure 8 Flake, Figure 8 Follow Through, Figure 8 Bend, Double Figure 8 Loop, Figure 9 Loop, Flat Overhand Bend, Flemish Flake (Spiral), Girth (Strap) Hitch, Gnat Hitch, Half Hitch, Half Knot, Halyard Hitch, Handcuff Knot, Hasty Webbing Harness, Heaving Line, Highwayman's Hitch, Hunter's Bend, Icicle Hitch, Icicle Hitch (End), Improved Clinch, Klemheist, Lashing-Diagonal, Lashing-Round, Lashing-Shear, Lashing-Square, Lashing-Tripod, Ligature (Instrument), One Handed Ligature, Two Handed Ligature, Lighterman's Hitch, Long Bury Splice, Masthead Knot Mat, Double Matthew Walker, Midshipman's, Monkey's Fist, Mooring Hitch, Munter Hitch, Super Munter Hitch, Nail Knot, Non-Slip Mono, Noose, Ocean Plait Mat, Orvis Knot, Overhand Knot, Packer's Knot, Palomar Knot, Tying a Package, Perfection Loop, Pile Hitch, Poacher's Knot, Prusik Knot, Purcell Prusik System, Radium Release Hitch, Rapala Knot, Rat-Tail Stopper, Square (Reef), Rolling Hitch, Rope Ladder, Round Turn & Hitches, Sailmaker's Whipping, San Diego Jam Knot, Sheepshank, Sheet Bend, Shoelace Bow, ShoeLace Fieggen, Siberian, Grog's Sliding Splice, Slim Beauty, Slip Knot, Snell Knot, Spanish Bowline, Eye Splice, Short Splice, Stevedore, Strangle Knot, Surgeon's Knot, Surgeon's Loop, Surgical Tie, Two Handed Surgical Tie, Surgical Slip Tie, Child's Swing, Tensionless Hitch, Necktie (Bow Tie), Necktie (Four-in-Hand), Necktie (Half Windsor), Necktie (Pratt/Shelby), Necktie (Windsor), Theodore Knot, Thief Knot, Timber Hitch, Trilene Knot, Trucker's Hitch, Tumble Hitch, Turk's Head, Underwriter's Knot, Wall Knot, Wall & Crown, Water Knot, West Country Whipping, Zeppelin Bend

Purchase the app here: -https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animated-knots-by-grog/id376302649?mt=8