| Todays generation seems to have taken to heart | | | | floating dock, and can be constructed at home by |
| the maxim work hard, play hard and are on the | | | | anyone with an inclination towards DIY projects |
| lookout for new and interesting ways to entertain | | | | and some free time. But while these might be a |
| themselves. So, naturally, when all their options on | | | | decent option, floating docks have come a long |
| land are exhausted, water (sea/ lake/ river) is | | | | way from this simple, yet effective, design. |
| what they eventually turns to. While a few avid | | | | The latest floating docks are works of engineering |
| enthusiasts might own the occasional fishing boat | | | | that turn what used to be quite a chore and the |
| or pleasure craft, personal watercrafts and small | | | | biggest deterrent to owning a boat, into a walk in |
| boats have suddenly become very popular among | | | | the park. For example, if you owned a personal |
| people looking to spend their time on water. For | | | | water craft (PWC), you just have to push your |
| such small or medium sized boats, a floating dock | | | | PWC into the water, off your floating dock, to |
| is the best way to store and launch these crafts | | | | launch; to lift it back out of the water, you can |
| into the water. They save you the trouble of | | | | just drive it up onto the floating dock. It is as |
| lugging a trailer from the water to your home | | | | simple as that. No more do you need to lower it |
| every time you want to go out for a little spin. | | | | into the water using a trailer at the end of your |
| Nothing can be easier than lowering a floating | | | | car. This system even works for small or medium |
| dock to launch your boat and then raising it again | | | | sized boats, as the construction materials that go |
| when you want to take your craft out of the | | | | into making a floating dock have a buoyancy of |
| water. Based on a rather simple design, the | | | | over 2,000 pounds as their minimum. |
| floating docks are now used the world over for | | | | The main advantage of a floating dock, as |
| launching and storing a small or medium sized boat | | | | opposed to a standing dock, is a little difficult to |
| or PWC. | | | | understand. The very nature of a floating dock is |
| The main working principle of a floating dock is | | | | to move with the wind and the waves, as |
| quite simple -- a combination of wood, some | | | | opposed to standing docks that resist every |
| Styrofoam billets or empty barrels put together | | | | force they encounter. This makes the floating |
| helps form a floating platform from which your | | | | dock far less susceptible to stresses and |
| boat can be launched. Poles are dropped from the | | | | structural damage, making it far more durable |
| side of the platform into the floor below to | | | | than their contemporary counterparts. They are |
| secure or anchor the platform and ensure that it | | | | also extremely easy to install, and can be custom |
| doesnt move. These poles are loosely attached to | | | | made to fit your boat or PWC. This is more than |
| the dock, so that the platform can rise and fall | | | | enough reason to invest in a floating dock, and |
| with the tide and waves, but does not get drawn | | | | enjoy a lifetime of pleasure on the water. |
| away from the shore. This is the simplest type of | | | | |