My Xpress has a khaki/Desert tan colored rubberized coating. It's factory, but I need to get some myself and fix a few spots up around the bow. It still gets pretty warm when the sun is out, but it's not burning hot. It's pretty sound dead in the bottom, but still pretty loud if you drop something on the hollow front deck.
Fishing is a science, study, experiment, fail, and succeed...then start over tomorrow. Yeah I'm a science guy.
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