Gunnel support system for use with a boat lift

Abstract

In combination with a boat lift of the type having a plurality of opposed floatation tanks being affixed to a main structure and an horizontally disposed intermediate platform extending therebetween; a gunnel supporting system which comprises a plurality of paired stabilizing arms, and a crossbeam for each pair of stabilizing arms horizontally and transversely disposed beneath the platform; each pair of stabilizing arms consists of a first stabilizer arm and a second stabilizer arm transversely spaced from each other, each stabilizer arm being vertically disposed and extending through the platform so as to be pivotally connected to its associated crossbeam; a flange for pivotally connecting each stabilizer arm to its crossbeam, a retainer bolt for maintaining each stabilizer arm in a relative vertical position, a winch and a tension cable attached to the lower ends of the stabilizer arms for pivoting the same toward each other in a transverse plane thereby engaging the sides of a boat within the stabilizer arms, and a plurality of openings in the crossbeam for receiving the retainer bolts and thus providing transverse adjustment of said stabilizer arms.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.