Under-deck mounted retractable diving board

An improved diving board for a pontoon boat, said diving board being mounted on the underside of the horizontal front deck surface of the pontoon boat midway between and parallel to a pair of parallel pontoons extending along the long axis of said boat, said diving board being slidably supported in a pair of horizontally disposed channel members attached to the underside of the front deck surface and including complementary stop means comprising a fulcrum member extending between the outer ends of said channel members on the underside thereof, and a stop member secured to the underside of the diving board at its inner end, and which contacts the fulcrum ember to stop further extension of said diving board at a predetermined position, so that the diving boards is longitudinally disposed, and parallel to, the pontoons, and slidably extendable forwardly from the front deck of said pontoon boat to provide a combination diving board and gangplank, and retractable under said front deck surface for secure storage when not in use.