Floating Dock

[ChrisH]

Anyone ever considered or tried renting a mooring and using a floating dock to keep the boat out of the water.
Something like this http://aqua-dock.co.uk/applications/recreational-and-private/

[sprocker]

There are lots of those type of floating docks in use in our Marina (MDL Torquay).

I guess they are good if you don't want to antifoul, but still want the convenience of quick and easy launching.

The strange thing about those in our Marina is that the boats on them never seem to be used.

[ChrisH]

Yep thinking about this as an alternative

Could not get out this weekend as the only times I could go the tides were all wrong for launch and recovery. Also don't want to antifoul.

[Ianfs]

I rather like this sort of thing, its quite big in the places we visited in Florida and Aus. Looks expensive though and you have the cost of the berth too.

I'm wondering what the benefit over Dry Stack would be?

[ChrisH]

I'm hoping cost. If I could find a reasonable priced mooring.

[ChrisH]

Well. I think this idea is now dead.
EZ dock quoted me 6k for a drive on dock and wait for it.... 23k for an airlift version.
Cheapest pontoon mooring I could find was 1700 . So dry stack is still cheaper and more than I want to pay.

[Bigplumbs]

In this hobby I come to the conclusion that whatever you do it is very expensive.

The only cheap way I feel is trailing and launch and recovery

Dennis

[ChrisH]

I'm coming to the same conclusion Dennis.
Thought there might have been something in between. But alas.
I've been frustrated this year as opportunity to get out has been limited. When I have been able to get out, either the weather has been bad or the tides all wrong to launch . I'm restricted 2-3 hours either side of low tide.

[Bigplumbs]

I am quite lucky as The slip I uses in Suffolk is all states of the tide.

The one good thing about trailing and launching is that when I am not using the boat it is not costing me and it is not in the water getting fouled up. So perhaps we need to count our blessings

Dennis