Pontiac Cove will look a little different the next time you're here. Last week we moved the 500 dock to the south side of the cove (next to the 800 dock). It took a couple weeks of preparations (dropping new anchors and cables), but despite the heavy fog that morning the actual move only took a few hours.
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| The 500 dock under way. |
The main reason for the move was to make room for a new breakwater dock. Sections of our tire breakwater are in need of immediate repairs. The original one was built about 30 years ago from all salvaged materials and was a lot of work. It has been rebuilt a couple times. Wrestling those old tires and cable is a very nasty, labor intensive job, so we decided to start replacing the existing breakwater with a breakwater dock system. The first section of the breakwater dock will only replace about one-fourth of the tires. Our goal is to replace all the tires over the next six to eight years.
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| The 500 dock in it's new location beside the 800 dock. |
The walkway connecting the two docks and the electricity has been connected since the above photo was taken. We will also be revamping the access gate in the near future. Delivery of the breakwater dock parts is scheduled to begin today. We hope to have construction completed by Christmas.
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We (TimeOut) are very excited to move to our new slip on the 500 dock this season--no more blaring sun on the left side of our boat and better docking with a bigger slip. Cant wait to get in the water and relax the cares of the week away. Happy boating!
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