Biloxi, Mississippi · ZIP 39530, 39531, 39532
Boat upholstery in Biloxi, MS
Largest slip count on the coast: four city harbors with close to 500 slips (Point Cadet 246, Small Craft Harbor 124), the commercial shrimp and oyster fleet, and casino-side charter boats that turn seats over on a schedule.
Biloxi keeps more boats in the water than any other town on the Mississippi coast. The city runs four harbors with close to 500 slips between them, and Point Cadet alone holds 246 of those, from 25 foot bay boats up to 100 foot sportfishers tied up next to the casinos. Boats that live in a slip year round sit in the sun every day of the year, and the Gulf sun is the reason seat vinyl on the coast lasts seven to ten years instead of the fifteen it gets up north.
Gulfport Boat Upholstery works the Biloxi harbors from the water side. We meet you at your slip at Point Cadet or the Small Craft Harbor, pattern the pieces where they sit, and come back to fit the finished seats. A single bench re-cover runs $200 to $550 on the published table, a helm chair rebuild $450 to $1,200, and a full center console set of bolsters and cushions $1,200 to $3,500. The charter captains who run out of Point Cadet are our steadiest customers because a torn helm seat in July costs them bookings.
The working fleet is a different job. Shrimp boat wheelhouse seats and crew bunks take a heavier commercial vinyl and welded seams, and we price them per seat so a captain can do the wheelhouse this month and the galley next. That work is on the charter and commercial page.
Every range above comes from the published cost guide at Gulfport Boat Upholstery.
Why the helm seat dies first at Point Cadet
Slips at Point Cadet face south and west into the afternoon sun, and a boat with a helm seat facing the fairway loses that seat two or three years before the bench behind the console. We quote by the piece after a squeeze test at the slip, because re-covering a bench with five good years left is money you should keep.
Four harbors and the Back Bay
In Biloxi we work Point Cadet Marina, the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor, the Back Bay fishing bridge and the shrimp fleet docks off Bayview, plus private docks and lifts in between. Nearby harbors on the same route:
Biloxi boat owners ask us
- Can you do the seats while my boat stays in its slip at Point Cadet?
- Yes. We pattern and pull the worn pieces at the slip, sew them at the shop in Gulfport, and come back to install. The boat never leaves the harbor and you never wrestle a helm seat down a dock cart. Point Cadet and the Small Craft Harbor are a 20 minute drive for us.
- How much does a full interior cost on a 24 foot bay boat in Biloxi?
- Most bay boats land between $1,200 and $3,500 for the complete set of coaming bolsters, leaning post and cooler cushions. The photo quote narrows it fast, and pricing by the piece means a sound bolster stays off the invoice.
- Do you work on charter boats and shrimp boats?
- Both. Charter boats get the same marine vinyl as a private boat with a faster turnaround so you do not miss trips. Commercial wheelhouse and crew seats get heavier commercial-grade vinyl with welded seams, priced $350 to $900 each. Ask about fleet scheduling if you run more than one boat.
- My cushions smell like mildew even though the vinyl looks fine. What is wrong?
- The foam is holding water. Open-cell foam soaks up rain and spray through the seams and never fully dries in Biloxi humidity. Foam replacement runs $50 to $150 per cushion and usually solves the smell without touching the vinyl.
Price a Biloxi job
Where the boat sits in Biloxi, what is worn, and a phone number. Numbers back the same day.