I went from a wood monster to aluminum. Would NEVER go back. However, there are some things that I had to do to handle heavy water ski/ wakeboard boating that caused numerous huge waves. First, I initially had a single dock. Used mooring whips very successfully with snubbers on my main boat lines. Snubbers take most of the shock out of the lines. Great investment. Next, I was lucky enough to have enough frontage to expand to two docks in the traditional "h" pattern. No longer needed whips, but absolutely needed the snubber son both sides. Next, had diagonal pipes installed on the last two sections of he dock to stabilize it. The final deal was embedding a screw anchor into the lake bottom....we leave it there each year, and then using a ratchet strap to connect the pipes and the screw anchor to hold the dock to the bottom. Works extremely effective. I have a 23 ft Grady White docked here....weighs approx. 4000 lbs with engine and fuel....no issues at all. Love the aluminum. I have cedar tops, but when I redo the dock, may go to the new composites....but will check the pricing before a final decision. Snubbers, whips if only a single dock, diagonal bracing, and a screw anchor makes these docks fabulous in my opinion.
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