decreasing movement/rocking of a floating dock - 09/02/11 11:43 PM
I apologize if this is a stupid question but...is there a way to increase the stability (or diminish the rocking motion) of a floating dock?
Some quick background: We’ll be building either a 12x24 or 16x24 dock to go with a new 2 acre pond. Originally, the intent was to make it stationary for stability reasons (due to a degenerative disability), but given that my neighbor’s dock currently ends 20’ before his pond begins, we’re re-thinking the plan. I just received the Mar/Apr 09 PB back issue with the dock article (thank you, Esshup, for suggesting both it and Catmandoo’s thread) but a few questions remain:
Does orientation affect stability? More specifically, can “sway” or rocking be decreased by placing either the shorter/longer side parallel to the shore and does direction (north to south or east to west) matter (do I need to consider wind/wave action on a small BOW)? Also, are there other mitigating design ideas that we can incorporate? Thanks!
Some quick background: We’ll be building either a 12x24 or 16x24 dock to go with a new 2 acre pond. Originally, the intent was to make it stationary for stability reasons (due to a degenerative disability), but given that my neighbor’s dock currently ends 20’ before his pond begins, we’re re-thinking the plan. I just received the Mar/Apr 09 PB back issue with the dock article (thank you, Esshup, for suggesting both it and Catmandoo’s thread) but a few questions remain:
Does orientation affect stability? More specifically, can “sway” or rocking be decreased by placing either the shorter/longer side parallel to the shore and does direction (north to south or east to west) matter (do I need to consider wind/wave action on a small BOW)? Also, are there other mitigating design ideas that we can incorporate? Thanks!