Wooden Ramps at Sea Clubs

Anyone on here a member of a club that has a wooden ramp set on wooden piles at a sea club?

At Whitstable we are having a few problems with the ramp and would like to learn from what others have done to maintain their ramps ...

not sea but inland they replaced the ramp at the centre I work at. Let me know if you want pictures.

Ours (Inland) is concrete, and then wood.

I dont theres anything done to maintain it, other than periodically replacing the dry-slope ski matting on it. ( When parts get pulled up by trailers or whatever. )

our local council decided to put anti-foul on llandudno slipway and now its lethal. the first time we used it after it was done the tractor (big farm one not the little lawn mower style) slid and water came as high as the cockpit. luckily it didnt stall and was hastily reversed but suffered some engine damage due to the water.

as for maintenance, a pressure washer would be good. better still would be strategically placed railway grip (along tyre tracks) to allow grip but leave gaps to put boats should the need arise.

Yep, the base is made of railway track bolted together and the slats are 5 heafty bits of Elm nailed to end rails. The slats are lifted over the winter or they go missing in the staorms. Of course you have to spend a day at either end of the season lifting/laying but at least they stay in fairly good condition. As there is smallish gaps between each slat you always have something to brace your foot against pulling the boat up. They wood used to get treated once a month with chlorine to kill the weed (not sure you could do that these days) - my Dad used to be known as Captain Chloros as he did it mostly.