Patent ID: 6782841
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A boat structure comprising:a cockpit; a floor spaced from the cockpit, the floor and the cockpit defining a space therebetween in an aft end of the boat structure, the space being openable to an outside of the boat structure; and a divider displaceable within the space between a closed position and an open position, in the closed position the divider extending between and spaced from the cockpit and the floor so that the space is divided into an upper volume configured to garage a dinghy and a lower volume, the divider supporting a dinghy while the dinghy is displaceable through the aft end of the boat structure from the outside thereof into the upper volume of the space and conversely, and in the open position the divider being positioned so that the space is undivided and configured to be a living cabin.