Patent ID: 7402017

Claim:
An arrangement for dry storing boats and holding them readily available, comprising a number of boat storage spaces ( 22 ) being arranged at a waterside, and a lifting device ( 7 ) for lifting or pulling boats ( 2 ) from the water, wherein the boat storage spaces ( 22 ) are formed by a mechanized shelf or honeycomb storage facility ( 13 ) with fixed installed transportation devices ( 15 , 17 , 18 , 19 ) for storing and removing the boats ( 2 ), cassettes ( 16 ) are provided adjusted to the transportation devices ( 15 , 19 ) with each of the cassettes ( 16 ) adapted to hold one boat ( 2 ), the boats ( 2 ) can be placed on and removed from the cassettes as well as transported thereon, the lifting device ( 7 ) comprises a crane ( 8 ) with support elements ( 31 ) for accepting one of the cassettes ( 16 ), with the cassette ( 16 ) facing the water being lowerable below a water level ( 25 ) and below a keel of the boat ( 2 ) to be lifted, so that the boat ( 2 ) can move over the cassette ( 2 ), and the cassette ( 16 ) can be placed onto a stand-by station ( 10 ) on land, the support elements ( 31 ) comprise a number of support arms connected to one another to form a lifting structure ( 9 ), and the support arms are latchable with and unlatchable from respective fastening devices ( 29 ) of the cassettes ( 16 ) and are outwardly pivotable.