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Author Topic: A very cheap sea mat  (Read 2866 times)

Offline SteveBurt

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A very cheap sea mat
« on: November 19, 2019, 10:24:27 AM »
I've been considering getting a sea mat for ages, but while I'm happy to fork out 50 pounds or so for a nicely printed mat with fields or other terrain, it seems a lot for sea, especially as the boards my table is made from are painted with a sea pattern. Then I came across this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293255992237 (it's available from a bunch of retailers)
It's a (very) thin PVC printed tablecloth. 54" wide, 108" long with a water pattern on it.
For 3 pounds, I thought it worth a punt.
Arrived yesterday, and you know what, it looks pretty good. There are white strips on either long edge, so you get about 4 feet of width in practice. Just ordered another one which will give me an 8x8 sea area if required.
Picture to show how it looks with a couple of ships; the straight line is a crease; the cloth is now rolled up and the creases should diminish.

Offline majorsmith

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 12:38:21 PM »
Looks good!

Offline Vagabond

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2019, 08:47:22 AM »
Good find - just bought one. :)
Thanks

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2019, 09:04:59 AM »
You interest me....
The laws of probability do not apply to my dice in wargames or to my finesses in bridge.

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2019, 12:36:07 PM »
More pix, pliss.

Offline Schogun

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2019, 01:11:33 PM »
Item location: London, United Kingdom

Doesn't post to United States

 :(

Offline bluewillow

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2019, 07:35:36 AM »
Excellent idea, a hair dryer should flatten out the creases

Cheers
Matt

Offline SteveBurt

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2019, 11:06:33 AM »
Item location: London, United Kingdom

Doesn't post to United States

 :(
I think one of the big US retailers like Target sells these

Offline Bloggard

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2019, 12:52:14 PM »
that looks v. good - particularly for the price.

a user review mutters something about it not being very resilient, but for 2.99, yep, worth a go.

Offline Roo

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2019, 01:06:27 PM »
Great spot and noticed they have been selling well this morning  lol

Offline Skyven

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2019, 03:46:03 PM »
On the bandwagon with this. Many thanks for the heads-up.

Offline Mason

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2019, 04:01:49 PM »
Thanks for the tip-off, as I just bought one too!
 :D


Offline fastolfrus

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2019, 08:40:42 PM »
Looks like I saw this too late - they are now out of stock
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Offline Mason

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2019, 08:45:36 PM »
Looks like I saw this too late - they are now out of stock

If mine does not work out for what I want it for you can have mine for the same price.
 ;)


Offline SteveBurt

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Re: A very cheap sea mat
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2019, 10:02:56 AM »
The cloths seem to be back in stock both on ebay and at Partyrama (google for 'Sea plastic table cover')
A shot of two of them being used for a WW2 game of 'Operation Catapult' last night. You need to trim the white strip from the edge of one so they can overlap, but then you can cover an 8' x 9' table.