How To Use A Mooring Buoy Correctly

When boating, securing your vessel to a mooring buoy is a critical skill that ensures both safety and convenience. Properly mooring a boat securely protects your vessel and enhances your boating experience. Mooring buoys also...

A Gangway Safety Guide to Securing Marine Walkways

When working near water or on floating structures, safety is paramount. Ship gangways serve as critical connectors between docks, ships, and shorelines to provide access and give safe passage for people, goods, and services. This...

How to Replace Floats Under a Dock

Floating docks are a staple for waterfront properties, marinas, and recreational spaces. Over time, however, issues like waterlogged dock floats, old floats, or sagging docks can arise, requiring prompt floating dock repair. For waterfront property...

How to Use Marker Buoys for Fishing

When it comes to fishing, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as finding the perfect spot, casting your line, and landing a great catch. But with vast bodies of water, locating and remembering prime fishing locations...

How to Tie a Jet Ski to a Dock Properly

Owning a jet ski is a fun and exhilarating way to enjoy the water, but properly caring for your watercraft is crucial for its longevity and your safety. One of the most critical aspects of...

What is a Mooring Buoy? Everything You Need to Know

Mooring buoys are an essential part of marine infrastructure, providing a safe and convenient way for boaters to secure their vessels in open water without the need to anchor to the seabed. Our guide will...

Dock Floats vs Plastic Barrels

When planning a floating dock, one of the first decisions you'll face is choosing the right kind of flotation. You want something affordable, durable, and able to support your dock and whatever you plan on...

How Many Dock Floats Do I Need? Calculate Your Ideal Setup

Calculating how many dock floats you actually need to keep your dock afloat can be tricky--it's not as simple as just tossing a few underneath and calling it a day.  At Carolina Waterworks, Inc., we've...

Ramp or Gangway? Learn Which is Best for Your Dock

When it comes to accessing your boat dock, you've got two main options: a ramp vs. a gangway. But which one is right for you? Ramps and gangways each have unique pros and cons depending...

Foam-Filled vs Air-Filled Dock Floats: Which Are Better?

Floating docks are safe, easy to install, and have a longer lifespan than wood decks, making them an excellent choice for dock construction. When building your dock, you'll need it to endure a demanding marine...

6 Reliable Ways to Stabilize Your Floating Dock

Floating docks are flexible, highly configurable, and lightweight. Compared to fixed docks, they are often less expensive and easier to construct, with fewer red tape hassles. However, that convenience often comes with an important “But…”...

Floating Dock or Stationary Dock: It’s Your Choice!

Which is the better choice – a floating dock or a stationary dock? Carolina Waterworks believes that only YOU have the answer, based on your individual boating needs and environment. To find that answer, and...

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Carolina Waterworks is a quality manufacturer of dock floats, commercial/residential gangways, floating docks, buoys, and Safe Haven drive-on boat and jet ski lifts.

We are a privately owned company with over 30 years of experience in the marine industry.

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