Patent ID: 7194971

Claim:
A lifting arrangement for lifting boats off the water and putting boats onto the water, comprising a crane ( 8 , 9 , 27 ) and a lifting element that can be connected to the crane and can be arranged underneath a hull of a boat ( 2 ) to be lifted or put down, the lifting element comprises a pallet or a cassette ( 16 ) wherein the lifting element ( 16 ) facing the water can be lowered below a water line ( 25 ) and below a keel of the boat ( 2 ) to be lifted, so that the boat ( 2 ) can sail over the lowered lifting element ( 16 ), at a side facing the water, the lifting arrangement is provided with a centering arrangement ( 41 , 42 ) for centering the boat ( 2 ), that has sailed over the lowered lifting element ( 16 ), in reference to the lifting element ( 16 ), and the centering arrangement also comprises a centering stop ( 41 ) for a bow of the boat ( 2 ).