A roller assembly facilitates travel of a watercraft hull on a floating
dock having a longitudinal, keel-receiving valley with a pair of flanking
ridges supporting opposite sides of the hull during docking and launching
of the craft. Pockets in the ridges contain wheels mounted on
circumferential planes parallel to the ridges for rotation on axles
seated in the pockets. The upper portions of the wheels protrude above
the crests of the ridges and the axle end bearing portions cooperate with
the seats in the pockets to list the circumferential planes toward the
valley and approximately perpendicular to the hull sides. For optimal
performance, two or more roller assemblies can be arranged in-line and
spaced apart longitudinally in each of the ridges. A brake stops the
docking motion of the watercraft onto the dock. Multiple docks can be
serially connected without use of special tools or underwater assembly
steps.