Building Your Own Dock
Building Your Own Dock

Author: Sam Merriam

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781580118194

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Build your own sound, functional dock that will overcome almost any waterfront challenge with this essential guide. In Building your own Dock you'll find detailed plans, expert tips, advice on building methods, and insight on materials and specialty parts for all the most popular types of docks. Professional dock builder Sam Merriam explains the wide variety of modern docks, from traditional wood structures to modular, pre-built docks made with aluminum, plastic, or composites. Sam helps you design the best kind of dock for your application and waterfront environment as he explains their relative advantages, disadvantages, and customization options. Whether you decide to build your own dock, hire a builder, or purchase a ready-made, this book will reveal your choices, enhance your dock building knowledge, and empower you to create the dock you've always dreamed of.

Building & Maintaining Docks
Building & Maintaining Docks

Author: Chris Lamping

Publisher: Cool Springs Press

Published: 2007-02-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781589232846

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Millions of homes are situated along the shores of rivers, lakes and other bodies of water, and a large number of these have (or very much need) a dock. Some docks serve as boat landings, others as fishing piers, still others as platforms for recreational swimming and sunning, and some as places for relaxed entertaining decks over water. Building & Maintaining Docks is a guide book for planning, designing, building, and maintaining any type of dock, both for primary residences and vacation homes. Heavily illustrated with color photography, and featuring the latest technologies in dock construction and building materials, this book will both inspire and educate.

Swimming and Water Safety
Swimming and Water Safety

Author: Canadian Red Cross Society

Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. ; Toronto : Mosby Lifeline

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780815114987

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Discusses the history and techniques of swimming and diving, safety rescue techniques, and skills for a variety of aquatic activities.

Essential Knots and Rigs for Trout
Essential Knots and Rigs for Trout

Author: Joe Mahler

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0811707164

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- Handy, pocket-size guide of more than 50 knots and popular rigs - Full-color, detailed illustrations - All the best modern knots for fly fishing, and how professional guides use them Full-color illustrations, knots specifically for fly fishers and modern tackle, and detailed rigging information for nymphs, dry flies, and streamers are just a few of the things that make this knot guide different from the others. Each knot is meticulously illustrated with ample detail to actually teach you how to tie it, unlike some knot books that leave you guessing. Also included are leader diagrams, knot-tying tips and tricks, and information on rigging strike indicators.