76SeaRay
Lieutenant Junior Grade
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The original design on my 76 Sea Ray used a naugahyde material held up with three strips of teak and tucked under the edges where the top mounts to the upper windshield. That was fine originally but the only thing mounted to the hardtop was a couple of handrails. As I plan to mount antennas, docking lights, etc. to the hardtop, I plan to make the new headliner in three sections that are removable so I can wire the top after it is installed and/or do maintenance if I get a future leak at one of the mounted items. What would be the best material to use as a moisture resistant backer board that will be covered with marine vinyl fabric to create each section? It should be flexible to bend a little and something that accepts adhesive for the fabric. One picture below is the original design with the teak strips and the other picture is of everything that is getting mounted to the top of the roof.
