Dock Offically DONE!!!

At 3 PM on August 15, 2013, the Alaskan Sea-Duction's dock is finished!!!  Just in time as we are in the process of buying a new boat and will have to sell the Sea Ray.

Came back down to the dock while in CA and it would appear we pre-loaded the dock when we installed the hinges.  Busted a 4 X 4 too.

Last deck screw of the last board!

 

YEE HAW!!!!!

The Admiral washing down her new deck, at least just this once as the "boat boy" (me) will be doing all future deck cleaning.  She wanted to see what the "non-retired" work was like.

 

 

 

 

Before

After

Long 9 hours

It was a long day for me.  I started a noon and finished just before 9 PM.  This was the one part of the dock I was most worried about.  How was I going to deal with the gang ramp, lift it and rebuild the this dock under this ramp?  I sat in a chair many times looking at the ramp trying to figure it out.  It finally came to me to jack up the ramp rip out the middle boards, then raise it some more and put cinder blocks under the ramp.  Then I could rip the rest out of it out and rebuild it.  It worked for a while.  I was putting in a 6 X 6 X 10 under the ramp and I hear a loud bang and crack.  Half of one of the cinder blocks broke and the entire ramp was sitting on half a block!  Needless to say I had a brown spot in my shorts.  I worked as hard and fast as I could.  I got the frame done then put down the first two 2 x 8 x 10.  Then I could put the jacks back up and fix the stand.  Then it was a matter of putting down the rest of the deck, install the wheels.  9 hours!  Shower sure felt good.  Now all I have left is to install the hinges between the docks and finish the deck.  Then all I have left is the ramp.

After the blow out.  Notice the blocks

This is what it looked like after 4 hours or so

New deck and wheel runners

Wheels installed.  It raised the dock so I will have to make a small ramp

SUCCESS!!!!!

Access dock coming along and some time to Relax

Last weekend we spent the weekend with our friends Jerry and Laura.  Had a great weekend, but then the playtime ends as I had to get back to the dock.  I am still rebuilding the access dock.  It is coming along, but slower than I would like.  The wind was blowing so hard yesterday, it would be unsafe to take electric tools out on the skeleton dock.  Today was better and got most of the framing up.  On Sunday I will be raising the gang ramp and rebuilding this portion.  We are also in the process of starting to look for a bigger boat.  We are heading to Seattle and Tacoma on Saturday, then next week we will going down to Stockton and Oxnard CA.

Jack the Dawg

Kay's Birds at Walker Dock

Back side of the Midnight Sun

Kay Jigging

My buddy Jerry!

Jack again.  Is he laughing at me?

Kay "FISH ON!"

A small Sturgeon.  Hook and Release only

Cool fish!  Good eating too, but Season is closed.

Sunset

We have no idea.  Lewis and Clark reenactment?

Starting the 6 X 6 X10 and lining them up with the main dock.

I will be blocking up the gang ramp

Yee Haw! Progress

Starting the framing