Patent ID: 7478608

Claim:
A system for launching and retrieving an auxiliary vessel in the fore aft direction of a main vessel comprising, a main vessel, including a main vessel hull arranged in a fore aft direction; said main vessel hull including a transom on the aft part of said main vessel hull; a base attached to said main vessel proximate said transom; a support frame; said support frame including a first pivoting connection to said base; a support platform; said support frame including a second pivoting connection to said support platform; said support frame connected to said base by said first pivoting connection for displacement of said support platform in a displacement path in said main vessel fore aft direction, and from a first position for launch or retrieval, displaced outboard from said main vessel hull and outboard of said transom, to a second position for storage or carry of an auxiliary vessel, inboard of said main vessel hull and inboard of said transom.