I need ideas on soundproofing a 12' aluminum fishing boat?
I have found that lining the boat with carpet makes a great sound proofer. Used carpet is a lot more pliable and cheaper to obtain. You can glue it in with liquid nails or such, or you can just set it inside so it can be removed when you need to dry out the boat. You can even put strips of foam board under the carpet to help even more. Glue your carpet to the foam board and then you have removable panels to ease with cleaning.
The ULTIMATE way to soundproof and line your boat is with that stuff they cover the bed of pick-up trucks. Cabelas sells a kit you paint on. It works great! Call Cabelas, it's only $50, and it works and looks professional!
i have a 14 foot aluminum boat and is what me and my dad did is we got some giant indoor outdoor garage carpet mats like they use at stores in front of the doors butt softer. we cut it like we wanted then used indor outdoor carpet glue and stuck it down. we were in 3 foot chop with my dog mesing around and me dropping my tackle box and all kinds of stuff and it was real quiet so that should work for u. also try and drive around on trash day and see if someone is throwind away old carpet that u could salvage and use :) good luck realin in a big one and if you do like the guy above me said and use foam boards make sure there soft. other wise if the move and hit the aluminum they could make some noised.
