Deck mat

Capt. Bondo · Post by **Capt. Bondo** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:41 am

Last Christmas my lovely wife gave me 50 feet of 1/4 rope.

Then informed me that she was going to make something special for the boat out of it

After some trial and error it was determined that she needed a larger rope to make her special boat project, so we picked up some 5/8" rope.
We now have a custom Bridge deck/step mat.

This is just cheap rope from Fleet Farm but it works great for this application, if you want to try making a mat like this we would suggest 7/16 or 1/2 size.

sauerleigh · Post by **sauerleigh** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:30 am

Very cool!

mcrandall · Post by **mcrandall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:22 am

Nice! How did you learn to do that?

LeatherneckPA · Post by **LeatherneckPA** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:17 am

Absolutely awesome. Looks like something I may have to try this winter.

lecker68 · Post by **lecker68** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:24 pm

Looks good I have seen a video on how to do that I think it was on youtube I was looking for making fenders and a monkey fist for a throwing line. The only use for 1/4" line on my boat and no I did not make my fenders yet I found 4 floating unfortunately 1 black 1 white the big Taylor. I wish people would lose them in sets.

Andiron120 · Post by **Andiron120** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:45 pm

Nicely done.

Alanhod · Post by **Alanhod** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:44 pm

Now that is some kind of fancy rope work. My problem would be that I could not be able to use it as a floor mat. I'd have to hang it on a wall or something with a frame maybe.

Thanks
Alan

astrorad · Post by **astrorad** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:15 pm

I love that kinda stuff....when I retire I may actually have a little time to try things like that.

My son in law is a Scoutmaster and he makes something similar...but his are three dimensional and kinda look like a macrame' neck scarf ring, only very large...you can wear them on your head like a crown.

Thanx for sharing.

CaptainScott · Post by **CaptainScott** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:56 am

Now THAT is very cool!
NICE JOB!

Two thumbs up here!!

Scott