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26-07-2013, 06:47
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 931
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Pimp My Dock !!
What are the best upgrades & dock installations?
Dock box boring.
Piling slung hammock more fun.
What would you to expand your use of the dock area itself?
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26-07-2013, 07:03
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: 29° 49.16’ N 82° 25.82’ W
Boat: Pearson 422
Posts: 16,306
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
I wouldn't. I would spend all my time/money making the boat more fun and expanding ways to use it. Hammock? Stretch it between the mast and forestay. Pretty much anything fun to do I would rather do on the boat.
Put the boring dock box on the dock and the fun stuff on the boat. Then you can take it with you when you go for a cruise. 
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26-07-2013, 07:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Dreaming - through the bars to the Chesapeake... Land cabin: near Raleigh, North Carolina
Posts: 466
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
A nice, rustic looking rope bridge could be a touch. But then, some docks ARE rope bridges! 
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26-07-2013, 07:38
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: SF Bay Area
Boat: OPB
Posts: 176
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The best upgrades would be the ones that go unnoticed from over the horizon.
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26-07-2013, 07:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: ‘01 Catana 401
Posts: 9,626
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
I used to be tied to a dock in galveston that had a palapa at the head of the dock, along with a small dorm refrigerator full of beer as part of the palapa bar.
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26-07-2013, 07:43
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Boat: Mahe 36, Helia 44 Evo, MY 37
Posts: 5,731
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
Quote:
Originally Posted by SecondBase
What are the best upgrades & dock installations?
Dock box boring.
Piling slung hammock more fun.
What would you to expand your use of the dock area itself?
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I take it your not a sailor, as most of us are out sailing not decorating our dock. 
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26-07-2013, 08:01
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
If we're talking about a private dock out behind your house, then the rule should be to install only what you can't install on the boat. In other words: hammock, no; hot tub, yes.
If we're talking about a dock in a marina, anything more than a hose storage system will seem pathetic.
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26-07-2013, 08:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 931
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LOL. Yeah yeah yeah I knew I'd get some grief on this one. DOCK - the original 4 letter word. i only have a humble few thousand miles under my belt (some of you have more posts than i have sea miles) with a 1000 mile solo.
Her baby stay makes it a little tough to do the jib-mast hammock rig so maybe she's is more seaworthy than I am. Wot wot
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26-07-2013, 08:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: North Carolina
Boat: Seaward 22
Posts: 1,042
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
we have a marina nearby that a bunch of the members got together and leased a slip. They decked over it, put in a bar, directv, flatscreens, big fans, awnings, lighting. It's really a cool place to hang out.
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26-07-2013, 08:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Posts: 310
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
Would help if you gave us a photo of the dock you wish to pimp. Is it linear along a waterway or does it extend outward into a body of water? Do you have limitations with regard to width, length etc.
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26-07-2013, 09:24
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
Blue underwater lights are very 70's pimp.
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27-07-2013, 00:59
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Blue Mountains, Australia
Boat: now skippering Syd Harbour charters
Posts: 1,557
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Re: Pimp My Dock !!
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Originally Posted by Abaco
Would help if you gave us a photo of the dock you wish to pimp. |
What Abaco said!
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We can certainly help you to pimp your boat though!
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