A boat lift assembly includes a first base member having a central beam portion and first and second sloped beam portions, and a second base member having a central beam portion and first and second sloped beam portions. The assembly includes a first plurality of roller tubes coupled to the first sloped beam portions of the first and second base members, and a first plurality of rollers disposed on the first plurality of roller tubes. The assembly includes a second plurality of roller tubes coupled to the central beam portions of the first and second base members, and a second plurality of rollers disposed on the second plurality of roller tubes. The assembly includes a third plurality of roller tubes coupled to the second sloped beam portions of the first and second base members, and a third plurality of rollers disposed on the third plurality of roller tubes.

A boat lift assembly includes a first base member having a central beam portion and first and second sloped beam portions, and a second base member having a central beam portion and first and second sloped beam portions. The assembly includes a first plurality of roller tubes coupled to the first sloped beam portions of the first and second base members, and a first plurality of rollers disposed on the first plurality of roller tubes. The assembly includes a second plurality of roller tubes coupled to the central beam portions of the first and second base members, and a second plurality of rollers disposed on the second plurality of roller tubes. The assembly includes a third plurality of roller tubes coupled to the second sloped beam portions of the first and second base members, and a third plurality of rollers disposed on the third plurality of roller tubes.

A boat lifting apparatus is provided. The boat lifting device includes a driveline having grooved winding sections near each end of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes one or more pairs of hanger brackets may be coupled to one or more ends of the driveline, where the grooved winding sections are located between the one or more pairs of hanger brackets coupled to the one or more ends of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes a gear housing coupled to the driveline, wherein the gear housing includes one or more gears to rotate the driveline, wherein the gear housing surrounds a designated section of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes a motor connected to the gear housing, where the motor delivers power to the gear housing to rotate the driveline to wind a number of cables at the grooved winding sections of the driveline for lifting, lowering, and supporting a boat.

A boat lifting apparatus is provided. The boat lifting device includes a driveline having grooved winding sections near each end of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes one or more pairs of hanger brackets may be coupled to one or more ends of the driveline, where the grooved winding sections are located between the one or more pairs of hanger brackets coupled to the one or more ends of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes a gear housing coupled to the driveline, wherein the gear housing includes one or more gears to rotate the driveline, wherein the gear housing surrounds a designated section of the driveline. The boat lifting device includes a motor connected to the gear housing, where the motor delivers power to the gear housing to rotate the driveline to wind a number of cables at the grooved winding sections of the driveline for lifting, lowering, and supporting a boat.

An automated system is provided for moving a boat from a storage position in a boat garage to a deployed position in a dock channel. The system can include a boat trolley. The boat trolley can include a bottom frame that couples to and rides on rails of a track that extends between the boat garage and the dock channel. The boat trolley can also include an upper frame that with bunker supports for supporting the hull of the boat. The upper frame can be lifted off of the lower frame by a dock lift mechanism to thereafter lower the upper frame into the water, from which the boat can be deployed. Once done using the boat, the user can navigate the boat onto the upper frame, and the dock lift mechanism used to lift the upper frame and boat out of the water, the upper frame then dropped onto and coupled to the lower frame, and the boat trolley operated to move the boat from the dock to the boat garage for storage.

An automated system is provided for moving a boat from a storage position in a boat garage to a deployed position in a dock channel. The system can include a boat trolley. The boat trolley can include a bottom frame that couples to and rides on rails of a track that extends between the boat garage and the dock channel. The boat trolley can also include an upper frame that with bunker supports for supporting the hull of the boat. The upper frame can be lifted off of the lower frame by a dock lift mechanism to thereafter lower the upper frame into the water, from which the boat can be deployed. Once done using the boat, the user can navigate the boat onto the upper frame, and the dock lift mechanism used to lift the upper frame and boat out of the water, the upper frame then dropped onto and coupled to the lower frame, and the boat trolley operated to move the boat from the dock to the boat garage for storage.

There is provided a storage system for storing and retrieving watercraft or other items to or from a storage position in a storage area as part of an enclosure having a plurality of storage areas. The storage system may include at least one carrier to support the item during movement to or from a storage position, and a positioning system to move the carrier system. An elevator system is usable to move the positioning system and carrier system to and from a storage area, and a control system is usable to control the positioning system to move the carrier system and item into and out of its storage position.

There is provided a storage system for storing and retrieving watercraft or other items to or from a storage position in a storage area as part of an enclosure having a plurality of storage areas. The storage system may include at least one carrier to support the item during movement to or from a storage position, and a positioning system to move the carrier system. An elevator system is usable to move the positioning system and carrier system to and from a storage area, and a control system is usable to control the positioning system to move the carrier system and item into and out of its storage position.

A boat handling apparatus includes a carriage frame supported for rolling movement along a first horizontal track between a lifting position adjacent to a first end of the first track and a stored position adjacent to an opposing second end of the first track. A second upright track is fixed in proximity to the first end of the first track to depend downwardly from the first track. A cradle frame which is arranged to support a boat thereon is transferrable from a raised position supported on the carriage frame so as to be movable with the carriage frame between lifting and storage positions thereof, to a lowered position in which the cradle frame is movable up and down along the second track below the first horizontal track.

A boat handling apparatus includes a carriage frame supported for rolling movement along a first horizontal track between a lifting position adjacent to a first end of the first track and a stored position adjacent to an opposing second end of the first track. A second upright track is fixed in proximity to the first end of the first track to depend downwardly from the first track. A cradle frame which is arranged to support a boat thereon is transferrable from a raised position supported on the carriage frame so as to be movable with the carriage frame between lifting and storage positions thereof, to a lowered position in which the cradle frame is movable up and down along the second track below the first horizontal track.