Extendable bowsprit pulpit for a fishing boat

A slidably extendable bowsprit pulpit for mounting on the bow of a fishing boat comprising:

• an elongated pulpit having a horizontal deck extending forwardly of the boat's bow deck and two parallel deck-supporting members each having one end affixed to the boat's bow and extending forwardly beneath said horizontal deck,
• a slidable pulpit extension having a horizontal deck and two parallel deck-supporting members, each of said members being slidably mounted on one of the two deck-supporting members of the elongated pulpit,
• said pulpit extension including a nose portion which in both the pulpit extension's retracted and extended positions forms the bowsprit pulpit's forwardmost extension,
• two rigid support members, each having one end affixed to the forward end of one of the deck-supporting members of the elongated pulpit and its other end affixed to a bracket mounted on the boat's bow beneath the bow deck, and
• a slidably extendable railing above and surrounding the bowsprit pulpit's horizontal deck and nose portion in both its retracted and extended positions.