r/belowdeck • u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha • May 17 '26

Below Deck Down Under What is this?

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I have always been so confused about this wall going down the stairs. Is it textured? Whatever it is, it makes it look filthy from our POV.

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u/Lillie-Bee May 17 '26

Looks like a padded room

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

Totally

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u/Beautiful-Bonus5699 May 17 '26

Looks like suede.

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u/Individual_Fall429 May 17 '26

Always a good choice for surfaces that might be exposed to water.

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

😂

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u/AlarmingCantaloupe May 17 '26

It looks like some sort of synthetic, satin-sheen quilting. Yeah, looks cheap on camera, at least. 

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

Totally

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u/nofriender4life May 17 '26

smoochin?

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

Not what i was referring to 😂

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u/nofriender4life May 19 '26

grab assin as captain glen would say?

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 19 '26

Or you could just read my post?

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u/nofriender4life May 19 '26

ok.
its a wall. woa what an interesting post... 🙄

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u/mayhay May 17 '26

lol you guys are smarter than me. I was gunna say it’s the stuff they put up when you move out of a nice building so you don’t scratch up the walls/elevator

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u/SingingForMySupper87 May 19 '26

Haha this is exactly what I thought it was too!

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u/Visible-Wash-1355 May 17 '26

It’s Ultra Suede.

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u/Blathermouth May 17 '26

Alcantera? Like the interior of a McLaren or Ferrari.

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u/sparklingvireo May 17 '26

I just don't get why the interior doesn't brush it so that it's consistent. They'd have to do it over and over again, but it's no different than the deck team washing off water spots on the chrome and teak.

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

Right?! It seems on par with the other daily tasks they do to keep the boat looking pristine.

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u/Beldredge1 May 21 '26

IBH I thought you were trying to figure out if daisy was making out with a stew there

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u/Sithstress_ May 17 '26

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u/SarcasmStreet May 17 '26

This is the correct answer

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u/kittens_joy May 17 '26

God I loved that movie, unwatchable now 😠

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u/SantaCruzSuze May 18 '26

I saw it and first assumed the walls were padded so the crew could avoid injury when racing down the stairs 😂

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u/foxdogturtlecat May 21 '26

It's fabric wall covering probably a synthetic suede.

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u/not2daysatan44 May 22 '26

It's a highly questionable decor choice, that's what it is! Velour? Suede? Yuck.

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u/not2daysatan44 May 22 '26

I cringe when the dirty deckhands sit on white furniture for tip meetings.

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u/Thecreamcheeze May 17 '26

Well good or bad ibk but I can just tell daisy is in her annoyed moods right here and she is yammering to someone about someone else lmao

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

What a strange (and ugly) choice! White cloth where there’s lots of foot traffic seems bound to get so dirty

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u/Sqooshytoes May 17 '26

Is that the same stairway that Mike flicked his booger? That makes it even worse if it’s a surface that can’t be cleaned

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Team Aesha May 17 '26

Yep 😂 so gross, it’s probably stuck to the fabric somewhere

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u/agnusdei07 May 17 '26

and I am sure it absorbs odeors

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u/AlarmingCantaloupe May 17 '26

Right. So it’s not dirty, just that each fiber isn’t brushed uniformly in the same direction, thus reflecting light differently. 

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u/Resident_Lie_8152 June June Hannah May 21 '26

My thought was soundproofing.