Once again, thanks for the encouragement and advice. I looked at several kits available, but did not see any that were exactly what I was looking for. I decided to find out how to build a real one. I found a great publication that gave a complete description of everything including bracing, piles, pile caps, decking, stringers, hardwood mooring cleats and fenders. So, I decided to build my own. I have included a couple of pictures of the decking and one of the piles with cap. The decking should be 2x6; mine are more like 2x10 ( I wanted to make the detail a little easier to see). I used a strip of 110 pound paper to keep the spacing between deck planks. I used silver paper to make the pile caps to simulate anodized aluminum. (I found that caps are used to keep sea birds from rotting the piles).
I have not assembled any pile sets yet, with bracing. I think I will use what is called a knee brace. It looks neater than a clunky X brace. Until next,
John