Local legend says you can sometimes hear a humming sound rising off the water near the mouth of the Pascagoula River, which is how it earned the nickname the Singing River. Boats based in Pascagoula, Mississippi split their time between that river, the open Mississippi Sound, and runs out toward Round Island and the barrier islands beyond Horn Island. True North Marine Services builds custom MarineMat boat decking for Pascagoula boat owners from our Elberta shop, about an hour and a half west via I-10, with every deck scanned, cut, and installed by our own crew.
True North Marine is a MarineMat Platinum approved fabricator, so a Pascagoula boat gets the same in-house design, cutting, and install as anything we build closer to home.
From the Singing River to the barrier islands
Bay boats picking through the marsh near the river mouth and center consoles making the open run across Mississippi Sound toward Round Island or Horn Island both put a deck through real work — brackish river mud on one trip, open salt spray and full sun on the next. A deck that only handles one of those conditions well doesn’t last long around Pascagoula.
Custom boat flooring for river and Sound boats
MarineMat’s closed-cell EVA foam resists mold, mildew, and staining, so river mud and marsh grass rinse off with a hose instead of leaving a permanent mark. It stays cooler underfoot than bare fiberglass on the open Sound, keeps its traction wet or dry, and is backed by a 3-year warranty against defects. The name SeaDek gets used a lot around Pascagoula for any foam boat deck, but MarineMat is the specific product we build — one piece at a time, cut for the boat sitting in front of us.
Colors, patterns, and matching pieces
Most Pascagoula orders land on Marina Blue or Gulfstream for open-water boats, with Charcoal and a teak-look finish more common on smaller river skiffs. An inset border or a boat’s name worked into the pattern doesn’t add a separate step to the build, and a fair number of owners pick up a matching cooler top or helm and dash pad while the deck is being made. Everything’s laid out on our products page, and our boat decking page covers the material in more depth.
Making the trip from Pascagoula worthwhile
Text a couple of photos and a description of the boat, and we’ll turn around a free measure and quote. Signing off puts the TrueFit scan on our calendar — our process page spells out everything after that. Because of the distance across the state line, it usually makes the most sense for Pascagoula owners to combine the scan and the install into a single visit to our secure 45-acre facility in Elberta, but we can also arrange to come to you.
Also serving Mobile and Daphne
Along with Pascagoula, Mississippi, we also serve boat owners in Mobile and Daphne.
Pascagoula MarineMat FAQ
Before making the drive across the state line, here’s what most Pascagoula callers want settled first — and a reminder that True North Marine is a MarineMat Platinum approved fabricator.
Do you install custom boat flooring in Pascagoula?
Yes. Whether your boat runs the river or the open Sound, the scan, cut, and install stay with our crew from start to finish.
Is MarineMat the same as SeaDek?
Same general material, different builder. MarineMat is what leaves our shop, shaped and finished here rather than shipped in as a finished panel.
Is Pascagoula really within your service area?
Yes. Pascagoula, Mississippi is the western edge of where we work, roughly an hour and a half from our Elberta shop via I-10.
Get your free measure and quote
For a deck built to handle both the river and the open Sound, phone or text (251) 289-9891 and tell us about the boat — a couple of photos help — and a free measure and quote will follow. We can work out a visit to Pascagoula, or you’re welcome to trailer over to 12630 Co Rd 87, Elberta, AL 36530. Our contact page is there for questions, and the FAQ page has more on how the process runs.