Table of Contents
Section 1: The Path to a Successful Waterfront
1 Analyzing Your Shoreline and Situation
2 From Lists to Reality
Section 2: Dock Types
3 Floating Docks
4 Pipe Docks
5 Permanent Docks
6 Specialty Docks
Section 3: The Art of Dock Building
7 The Materials of Dock Building
8 The Tools, Hardware, and Fasteners of Dock Building
9 The Techniques of Dock Building
10 Beauty by Design
11 Alternatives to Doing It All Yourself
Section 4: Your Dock Meets Planet Earth
12 Mooring Your Dock
13 Providing Shore Access to Your Dock
14 Your Dock and Winter
Section 5: Your Dock and Your Watercraft
15 Mooring Your Boat
16 Dry Docking
Section 6: Repairing and Upgrading
17 Dare to Repair
Section 7: Plans and Sources
18 Dock Plans
Sources
Glossary
Index