Prepare To Launch! Resources

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1 Prepare To Launch! Resources Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserva4on Commission s Crea4ng Successful Paddling Trails - h=p://myfwc.com/boa4ng/waterway/paddling- trails/ Accessibility Guidelines Design guidelines from Iowa s DNR River Program - h=p:// Layout, Design and Construc4on Handbook for Small CraO Boat Launching Facili4es by California Department of Boa4ng and Waterways, h=p:// Non- Motorized Boa4ng in California (see especially Table 3.1: Overview of Key Facility Needs by Non- Motorized Boat Types in California (2006)) - h=p:// M_Boa4ng/Sec_3- Waterways_and_Facility_Needs.pdf American Canoe Associa4on h=p:// / Adap4ve tab 236

2 Prepare To Launch! Resources Accessibility Guidelines (cont.) 2010 ADA Standards Excerpts for Recrea4onal Boa4ng Facili4es by California Department of Boa4ng and Waterways (2013) - h=p:// Dec_2012.pdf 2010 Standards for Accessible Design (9/15/2010) - h=p:// Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS) for federal agencies (7/23/2004, updated) - h=p:// board.gov/guidelines- and- standards/buildings- and- sites/about- the- aba- standards/aba- standards Accessible Boa4ng Facili4es: A Summary of Accessibility Guidelines for Recrea4on Facili4es (USAB 2003) - h=p:// board.gov/recrea4on/guides/ Final Accessibility Guidelines for Outdoor Developed Areas (9/26/2013) - h=p:// board.gov/guidelines- and- standards/recrea4on- facili4es/outdoor- developed- areas/final- guidelines- for- outdoor- developed- areas 237

3 Prepare To Launch! Resources Suppliers of Floa6ng Docks AccuDock: 1336 SW 8th Street Pompano Beach, Florida 33069; EZ Dock, Inc: East Reese BLVD, Suite 300 Huntersville, NC 28078; dock.com Jet Dock Systems, Inc: h=p:// Kayak Dock: Kay- akcess: PO Box 3092Placida, FL 33946; h=p:// akcess.com/ 238

4 Prepare To Launch! Resources Sources of Soil Stabiliza6on and Surfacing Products Eco- Terr, Inc: h=p:// Contech: ; h=p://contech.com- cpi.com Geosystems: h=p:// Soil Stabiliza6on Products Company, Inc.: or ; h=p://sspco.com ThomasNet, Inc.: h=p://thomasnet.com Vynagrip, Inc.: (Industrial majng) h=p:// 239

5 Glossary - 1 ABUTMENT: A masonry structure that supports pressure of an arch or bridge. For purposes of this guide, a wedge- shaped anchor that connects the end of a floa4ng launch with the top of a launching ramp or connec4ng structure. AGGREGATE: Sum of many heterogeneous things taken together. For purposes of this guide, a combina4on of materials (e.g. sand, gravel, slag) mixed with a cemen4ng material to form concrete, mortar, or plaster serves to increase trac4on. Walker Pond boat launch with concrete abutment at right Gravel (on right) adjoins aggregate 240

6 Glossary - 2 BIOENGINEERING: The use of live plants and plant parts as building materials for erosion control and landscape restora4on. BULKHEAD: A retaining wall along a shoreline or waterfront. Natural buffering system called low stone sill helps to reduce wave impact while newly planted na6ve grasses re- establish a fringe marsh. Stone bulkhead launch wall 241

7 Glossary - 3 GANGWAY: A passageway made from planks that enables access. It is ooen a removable or temporary path used to connect two structures, or to connect a launch or other structure to the shoreline. CLEAT: A fijng device where a rope may be 4ed to provide support or anchoring; frequently has two projec4ng parts. 242

8 Glossary - 4 PILE: A long, slender column, typically made of steel or reinforced 4mber, driven into the ground and used to support a launch or other horizontal planorm. PILE GUIDES: Anchored pile holders that allow for ver4cal movement of a floa4ng launch while maintaining its connec4on to another structure or shoreline anchor; are typically hoops made of welded steel bolted or welded to the frame of a launch. 243

9 Glossary - 5 REBAR: A rod of steel placed into concrete as a reinforcement. 244

10 Glossary - 6 RIP- RAP: A founda4on or retaining wall usually made of stones. OOen used to prevent erosion and normally placed on or around an embankment. STRINGERS: A series of uniform pieces of wood, aluminum, or steel used to reinforce decking on a launch structure. 245

11 Now that you are Prepared to Launch Let s Go Paddling! Prepare to Launch! can be seen online, at management.org/library This is a joint publica4on between the River Management Society and the Na4onal Park Service's Rivers, Trails and Conserva4on Assistance Program 246