Dennis Pogson wrote:

Old tyres lashed together make an excellent basis for such a dock. They
float,

They float? You must be in extraordinarily salty water. Your are
correct otherwise, I have seen tires strung together with chains and
suspended beneath floating docks to act both as a damper and a breakwater.

Cheers
Marty
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