A system for moving watercraft for storage inside a dry stack watercraft storage facility. The system includes a frame assembly, a cradle assembly and a rack assembly which closely interact with each other to precisely and securely position and protect watercraft stored inside the facility. The cradle assembly lifts a watercraft from the watercraft's center of gravity to position in the rack assembly. The rack assembly supports the watercraft through a pair of cantilever beams, and further includes a pair of cable guides used to guide the cradle assembly in the placement of the watercraft on the cantilever beams and to reduce the sway present during the positioning of the watercraft. The frame assembly supports and protects the other assemblies.
An arrangement is provided for dry storing boats (2) and holding them readily available, comprising a number of boat storage spaces (22) arranged at a waterfront area, and a lifting device (7) for lifting or pulling boats (2) from the water. The boat storage spaces (22) are formed according to the invention by a mechanized shelf or honeycomb storage facility (13) or the like, having fixed installed transportation devices (15, 19) for the storage and removal of boats (2). Preferably, cassettes (16) are provided, on which the boats (2) are stored and removed as well as transported.
A lifting arrangement for lifting boats 2 off the water and for putting boats 2 onto the water is provided, which comprises a crane 8, 9, 27 and pallets or cassettes 16 to be arranged under the hull of a boat 2 to be lifted or put down, connected to the crane. These lifting elements can be lowered below the floating boat, with preferably centering elements 41, 42 being provided for aligning the boat 2 in reference to a lifting element 16 positioned underneath.
Enclosed cargo containers for high mount automotive vehicle carriers and trailers which are designed to transport special vehicles and other cargo so as to be protected from ambient environment and road conditions. The containers may be fixed or removable mounted within the lower support deck of the vehicle trailers and may include one or a plurality of access doors for facilitating the placement of vehicles and other cargo to be transported and which, in one embodiment, may be adjustable in size so as to increase or decrease the storage space therein dependent upon hauling requirements.
A retractable cover for a surface includes a first section configured to be movably coupled to the surface and covering at least a first portion of the surface. The first section is movable relative to the surface between an open orientation in which said first portion of the surface is uncovered and a closed orientation in which the first portion of the surface is covered. The retractable cover further includes a second section configured to be movably coupled to the surface. The second section is movable between a lowered orientation relatively closer to a second portion of the surface and a raised orientation relatively more remote from the second portion of the surface.
A cradle assembly for moving and positioning a watercraft with respect to a support module. The cradle assembly comprises a plurality of horizontally varying cradle beams, a cradle wall extending upward from the cradle beams and a transportation track traversing the cradle beams. A transportation rail is slideably positioned on the transportation track to engage the bottom of the water craft as the cradle assembly moves the watercraft with respect to the support module. A positioning system is operatively connected to the transportation rail to extend a substantial portion of the transportation rail within the support module to place the watercraft in and retrieve it from the support module.
