Exhibit 5

                        Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
                        2800 One Atlantic Center
                    1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W.
                       Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3450




                                                 WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER
                                                     (404) 873-8500
                                                WRITER'S DIRECT FACSIMILE NUMBER
                                                     (404) 873-8501

                             May 1, 2001

Marine Products Corporation
2170 Piedmont Road
Atlanta, Georgia  30324

         Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This opinion is rendered in connection  with the proposed issue and sale by
Marine Products Corporation,  a Delaware corporation ("Marine Products"),  of up
to  2,000,000  shares of Marine  Products'  common  stock,  $.10 par value  (the
"Shares"), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement")  filed by Marine  Products with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"),  pursuant to Marine  Products' 2001 Employee  Stock  Incentive Plan
(the "Plan").  We have acted as counsel for Marine  Products in connection  with
the issuance and sale of the Shares by Marine Products.

     In  rendering  the opinion  contained  herein,  we have relied in part upon
examination of Marine Products' corporate records,  documents,  certificates and
other  instruments  and  the  examination  of such  questions  of law as we have
considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion.  Based upon
the foregoing,  we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly and validly
authorized,  and when sold in the manner  contemplated by the Plan, upon receipt
by Marine  Products of payment in full  therefor as provided  therein,  assuming
such  payment  per share is  greater  than or equal to $.10,  and upon  issuance
pursuant  to a  current  prospectus  in  conformity  with the Act,  they will be
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement.  This consent is not to be  construed  as an admission  that we are a
party  whose  consent is required  to be filed with the  Registration  Statement
under the provisions of the Act.

                                  Sincerely,

                                  ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP

                                  /s/ ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP


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