Here is a dumb one, Sole's in 22 cockpits...

[Donald Tyson]

Has anyone tried using their 22 without the floors in the cockpit? Would it be too wet afoot without the two floor pieces?

[thataway]

For many years the 22 came without removable or fixed cockpit floor of fiberglass. In that case, I used foam padding and / or the Vinyl loop pool mat material from American Floor mats. I have also used Dri Deck tiles under the vinyl loop or just dry deck alone. It is fine, and there can be small amounts of water, depending on what you are doing and teh weather (Ie rain without a cover over the cockpit. My 1993 22 did not have floors, the 2006 had removable floors; more recent boats have fixed floors. .

[Donald Tyson]

To gain a couple inches of headroom I might try it. Bob, the carpet is a nice touch too.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

We used Dri-Dek to keep our feet (somewhat) dry. It gets soft in warm weather, but it mostly works.

[clayhubler]

I have dri-deck in Hammerhead and don’t care for it. I want to make some floorboards but the truth is the dri-deck may end up being good enough that other things are higher priority. The worst thing about it is it can slip out from under foot when you are leaning against the gunnel nearly causing a MOB situation.

[srbaum]

Donald,
My 2000, 22 did not have the raised deck. My buddy’s boat stored at my dock, was a few years newer and had the removable raised deck. My aft deck was not flat and was shaped to the contour of the hull.
Pros: the 2000 model rarely had water on the deck and had a simple non skid surface. There was never mold on the deck and it was simple to maintain.
Con: the surface was not absolutely flat.

The newer 22
Pros: it was flat and had a better looking non skid surface.
Con: it added weight aft and had water and mold underneath, most of the time.

[Donald Tyson]

Thanks Everyone,
My thought was to remove the floor in warm summer weather when the Bimini is up and the put them back in cooler weather when the Bimini is not up so much.

[thataway]

[C-Wolfe]

I rarely use the floor board on my 22, I kept a small rubber carpet by the cabin door in the cockpit since that is where the water will pool up, that work just fine for me. Main raison for me was weight saving and easier to keep clean.

[Donald Tyson]

Yes, ultimately that is probably what we will do as it is the most effective and economical.

[ssobol]

My 22 has the flat floor. I put Ikea tiles in the cockpit. I used the wood tiles for a few years. These tiles required varnishing the wood. This year I'm replacing them with the all plastic tiles. Not sure how this will work on the sloped floor.

Cost about US$100 to do at the time.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/runnen-decking-outdoor-acacia-60518486/

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/runnen-decking-outdoor-beige-90476734/#content

[Hellsranger]

My 1991, 22'cruiser has no raised floor and drydeck tiles cut to fit over the gelcoat floor.
One advantage of the drydeck floor mat is ease of removal. I can simply roll it up and toss it out on the dock to rinse off fish blood or mud from crab or shrimp pots that routinely finds its way under the mat, then rinse the mat and pop it back in. No stinky cockpit. I do have a mooring cover to keep the rain out.

[Donald Tyson]

Sobol that is a handsome solution. How often does it need removal/cleaning?
Why do you have Leesburg on your transom if you're really from MI? The Potomac is so shallow and rocky up that way

[Donald Tyson]

This sounds interesting. A mat? I've only seen the squares. Do you have a web address?

[Hellsranger]

Thistle-
It is the squares. but they lock together into a mat that can be rolled up and removed easily, and just as easily re installed after hosing off.