A portable dock structure for the temporary docking of boats, particularly
of pontoon or houseboats and the like, the dock structure having a gangway
having an anchor end adapted for securing the structure to the shore of a
body of water and having a boat end adapted for affixing to a boat, a
flotation device on the gangway adjacent the boat end whereby the boat end
can be first floated from the shore out into the water and the anchor end
then secured to the shore and then the boat end affixed to a boat to
thereby provide a stable passageway between the boat and the shore.