I have a confession. I haven't got a clue how docks work

Buy some Jet skis Dave. Will be cool to have when guests come over to take them for a spin.

Get a boat lift, store it above water under a roof. You can pay companies to dredge your dock so it’s deep enough.

First, tide is everything. Know the tide tables. Consider a boat lift. Measure the depth and low tide and add 3 or more feet — that’s your maximum draft. The poles are usually used to tie off the boat on either side. Take a boating class; lots of ways to go wrong. And if young kids are nearby, insist that they take swimming lessons right away — remember that drowning is silent.

Think of each post as a parking line. You wanna go in between.

Bro looks like:

the builder who sold Dave on a dock knowing the water is too shallow for boats

in between those upright poles with front or back of boat touching your dock. you have multiple boat slips there to tie multiple boats up

Did you lose your volleyball?

Sounds like you’re getting dock blocked

Buy 1 boat for between and 1 for the other side. You can use the middle boat as a bridge to get to your bigger boat. Now that’s rich.