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Does anyone know of the brand of decking that comes stock on Newer Cobalt R5's?

The reason I ask is that last summer we had a terrible accident on the swim platform with (generic seeming) foam decking.
Our friend stepped (completely sober, I want to add) from her boat onto our swim platform with decking and slipped, fracturing a vertebra and tearing cartilage in her knee. (I'll add that this woman is a triathlete, so pretty stable on her feet) She described it like stepping onto sheer ice. She still isn't able to run.

Last night, my husband did the same thing, stepping from the dock, onto the wet swim decking. Thankfully he is ok, but it could have been so bad.
He too, described the feeling of the foam decking to be like sheer ice.

My thought is that Cobalt had used some cheaper version of Seadek that isn't made for slip resistance.

Has anyone else had this experience?
(YES YES YES, boats are inherently slippery when wet. This IS NOT that.)
Does anyone have any idea how to find out what brand of decking is being used?

This is potentially a fatal flaw. If my husband had hit his head harder on the dock last night when he fell... If he had been alone...
Please help if you have any insights.
thanks much~

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Hey LG. Welcome to the Cobaltchat forum. So glad you found us!

I can’t comment on the above since we prefer the factory carpet on our swim platform and boat.

Others will chime in though.

Any pics?

Again welcome aboard mateeee.

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My 2018 R5 Surf uses SeaDeck for the swim platform and it is not slippery even when wet unless you get something like shampoo, wax, or suntan lotion on it. If that has happened dish soap and a good scrub brush will take it off and make it like new again. Sorry to hear you’ve had problems with it. I need to take a very long step from the dock onto my swim platform often several times a day and only had an issue once when my daughter had spilled shampoo on it and not washed it off.

Thanks for your experiences. Did the seadek come stock on the boat, or did you add it? And is it a gray color, with no channels in it? thanks again!

We have a 2019 R5 Surf with the grey seadek material on the swim platform. Checked with my wife and neither of us recall it ever being slippery at all, we've had quite a few different people aboard and no incidents that either of us recall. I'm just speculating but wonder if lake mineral/organic material conditions may affect seadeks slip resistance. Here's a pic of the swim platform on ours.

Thanks for posting. Yep! It's the same as ours. So glad to hear that you're not experiencing the same slipperyness. You may be onto something with the water/mineral content...
Beautiful Boat!!

LuckyGirl wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:59 pm Thanks for posting. Yep! It's the same as ours. So glad to hear that you're not experiencing the same slipperyness. You may be onto something with the water/mineral content...
Beautiful Boat!!

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How about a pic or two LG?

I haven’t had any issues with it on my r7 either. Seems to be slip resistant. Are you using any chemicals to clean it?

Old thread....but you should ban spray on sunscreen from your boat. I hosted guests that brought some and noticed the foam mat and snap in seagrass was like ice when wet. I had to de-grease the entire boat flooring to get back to normal. Not sure that was your issue...but the spray lotion puts a mist of lotion on everything. It is no longer allowed on my boat.