Boat Dock

Boat docks are structures extending alongshore or out from a shore into a body of water, to which boats can be moored. As facilities, they occur as collections along the water adjacent to villages, towns and cities. They also occur single at points where a road or route reaches but does not pass over a semi-navigable or navigable river, or intersects with a lake. Boat docks only occur in hexes where a hammer symbol is present.

Boat docks are small in size, ranging from 6 to 12 ft. wide and 8 to 20 ft. long. When built on a river, they run parallel to the shore; upon a lake, they extend outward from the shore. Boat docks do not occur in water deeper than 12 ft. The primary benefit of a dock is for the loading and unloading of goods by service boats, which may or may not also carry passengers. Boat docks are not sufficiently secure or wide enough to load or unload ships greater than 5 tons in size, which require a quay. Depending upon the sort of route and hex type, docks may also enable passage across a river where a ferry does not exist.