A slide system includes a component assembly, a track system, a floor panel, and a below-deck cavity. The track system is coupled at least indirectly to the component assembly for guiding movement of the component assembly along a path. The floor panel includes an upper surface. The below-deck cavity is disposed below the floor panel. The component assembly is located substantially above the floor panel. The track system is located within the below deck cavity and below the upper surface.

Systems and method for compensation of motions of a floating structure, which includes a lifting system with a working platform supported by its actuators driven along vertical axis, where the foremost and the aft-most units are paired with each other providing a self-leveling movement; and a balance system, which can freely deviate from its position relative to the deck, with its own actuators and which is arranged to at least one side of the working platform, providing an even distribution of weight enabling the working platform to remain upright and steady, regardless of the floating structure. The lifting system is associated with the balance system by the plurality of arrangements of motion units, which assure the substantially constant angle between the working platform and the working frame, providing free linear movement relative to the working frame regardless of the base structure and the floating structure.

A boat in which at least a portion of at least one of the port side and the starboard side of the hull is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the moveable portion forms a generally upright portion of the port or starboard side of the hull, and, in the second position, the moveable portion forms a generally horizontal deck surface. A walkway connects a seating area within the boat to an area aft of the seating area, and at least a portion of the walkway is adjacent to the moveable portion of the port or starboard side. A first seat is positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the walkway and a removable seat is configured to be positioned over the walkway and adjacent to the first seat.

The present invention relates generally to watercraft vehicles, and more particularly, to adjustable pontoon boats. More specifically to adjustable pontoons and a deployment system capable of connecting and altering positions of the adjustable pontoons with respect to a pontoon boat.

A moveable component assembly includes a seat assembly, a track system, and a locking mechanism that secures the seat assembly in position. The track system is coupled at least indirectly to the seat assembly and guides the seat assembly along a path between a first and second position. The seat assembly is secured in the second position when the seat assembly is disposed away from the deck's walking surface, thereby resulting in the components of the track system being frictionally coupled. A floor panel includes a locking mechanism and a series of alignment surfaces that guide the floor panel into position, which is secured by the locking mechanism.

A catamaran type vessel that includes two rigid side hulls connected by a connector to form a rigid form containing a usable space. The vessel contains a lowered and lifted platform together with the platform drive unit. The platform is a separate portion of the aft part of the deck, in the form of a flat frame with a usable overlay fixed on the surface of the frame. An edge of the platform in the upper position cooperates with an edge of the aft part of the deck, with the platform frame being attached to the horizontal edges of two supports. The rear vertical edge of each support is connected by axes of rotation with a pair of rigid arms in the pantograph system connected with two horizontal axes of rotation attached on the other side of the rigid arms to the vessel hull connector wall.

An expansion deck system for vessels includes a frame assembly for positioning between a stationary floor of a vessel and a plurality of pontoons of the vessel. The frame assembly including a first side with a first elongated opening, and a second side with a second elongated opening. One or more sliding deck members are telescopically connected to the frame assembly by one or more sliding rails and transition between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the one or more sliding deck members are positioned between the floor and pontoons of the vessel, and in the extended position the one or more sliding deck members are positioned alongside the frame assembly.

A system, apparatus and method for providing a walk-on aft deck for a boat, and for providing an extendable swim platform. The walk-on aft deck includes an extended support platform, that may include gunwales, extending from the boat transom between engines of the boat, and extends beyond an aftermost surface of the engines in order to protect the engines from impact. The extendable swim platform extends afterward from the extended support platform, is actuated and retractable, does not act as a running surface when the boat moves forward, but acts as a planing surface when the boat moves in reverse allowing high reverse speeds. The extendable swim platform includes angled anti-slap surfaces underneath. The invention allows users to fish or walk afterward between and beyond the engines; allows greater reverse speeds; and allows users to enter and exit the after swim platform well away from the engine propellers.

A slide system includes a component assembly, a track system, a floor panel, and a below-deck cavity. The track system is coupled at least indirectly to the component assembly for guiding movement of the component assembly along a path. The floor panel includes an upper surface. The below-deck cavity is disposed below the floor panel. The component assembly is located substantially above the floor panel. The track system is located within the below deck cavity and below the upper surface.

A catamaran type vessel that includes two rigid side hulls connected by a connector to form a rigid form containing a usable space. The vessel contains a lowered and lifted platform together with the platform drive unit. The platform is a separate portion of the aft part of the deck, in the form of a flat frame with a usable overlay fixed on the surface of the frame. An edge of the platform in the upper position cooperates with an edge of the aft part of the deck, with the platform frame being attached to the horizontal edges of two supports. The rear vertical edge of each support is connected by axes of rotation with a pair of rigid arms in the pantograph system connected with two horizontal axes of rotation attached on the other side of the rigid arms to the vessel hull connector wall.