Patent ID: 7216602

Claim:
A structure that may be used in a body of water, which comprises: (a) a multi-level structure having a lower level and an upper level, wherein the lower level is tall enough to accommodate at least a watercraft therein, wherein the upper level includes a weight bearing deck that is strong enough to support a plurality of people and furniture in a first entertainment area on the structure, and wherein the lower level includes a plurality of uprights having upper ends which support an underside of the deck of the second level; (b) at least a pair of wheels that can be at least temporarily attached to the lower level of the structure to allow the structure to be transported by ground to and from the body of water and to be rolled into and out of the body of water; (c) a buoyancy system carried on the structure to selectively provide the structure with a buoyant state in which the structure floats on the body of water and a non-buoyant state in which the structure does not float on the body of water; (d) a vertically movable boat lift provided in the lower level of the structure, the lower level of the structure being tall enough to accommodate the watercraft when the watercraft is held by the boat lift whether the boat lift is in a lowered position with the watercraft in contact with the body of water or is in a raised position with the watercraft raised above the body of water, and wherein the boat lift vertically slides up and down at least some of the deck supporting uprights of the lower level.