It turns out Bayboro has a town dock too. You normally find it in the public park on Highway 304 on the right (just about a block in from Highway 55). It is a floating dock, handy for dinghy and kayak launching. About two weeks ago Bayboro Mayor John Gyalog noticed it was missing. He filed a stolen property report with the sheriffs office, and then was out of town on family vacation.

When he returned, still no dock.

He went looking, and saw it floating behind Norm Czuchra and Candace Young's Bay River Pottery. Norm Czuchra was impressed when he was visited by both the Mayor and a Sheriff's Deputy. Czuchra hadn't been back to his dock in a while...the property in front of the dock was overgrown. But the three men braved the high grasses, walked out - and yes - the Bayboro town dock was discovered.

The wayward Bayboro town dock behind Bay River Pottery (Norm Czuchra photo)

Norm says "I think it was probably an act of vandalism, but it could of been mother nature with all the storms we've had lately." Bayboro Mayor John Gyalog thinks it was stolen "the dock is normally bolted to the walkway, someone had to unbolt it."

Yesterday afternoon the folks at Mobile East Marine of Alliance got their workboat and towed the dock back to its proper place. Gene Wooster and his son James got the job done in the afternoon sun. "Somebody popped the pins out of it and went for a little expedition" Wooster said, "we put bolts back into it, it's secure now." The Bayboro Mayor wasn't sure how much this would cost the town, but Mobile East Marine's Gene Wooster had a simple answer: "We're not going to charge the town, we did it as a community service."

If you'd like to put your dinghy or kayak in the water, the Bayboro town dock is again at your service.