A straight run out across clear, shallow rock to a T-head that turns the far end into somewhere to sit, swim and tie off.
You can see the problem in the water itself. The bottom here is rock and it stays shallow a long way out, so anything short would have put you standing in a foot of water on a boulder field. The run walks straight out past it before the dock does anything else.
The end opens into a T. That one change is what makes the dock usable rather than just walkable — you get a face to bring a boat alongside, a corner to sit on out of the way, and room for more than one person at the end at the same time.
Aluminum frame, cedar deck, and cable stays running back to the shore end to hold it square against side load. On a straight, narrow run over hard bottom that bracing is what keeps the whole thing from working itself loose over a season.
The walk out had gone before the dock did. A new aluminum-framed section was built in the shop, trailered in and set on the same line.
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