Patent ID: 7654214

Claim:
An outrigger securing assembly, for use on a fishing vessel comprising: an automatic locking member adapted to be secured to a structural member of said vessel and a latching member adapted to be secured to an outrigger mast, said automatic locking member including a latching actuator which is capable of movement so as to engage and release said latching member; a biasing element acting upon said latching actuator to hold said latching actuator into a position to engage the latching member; a first activation surface on said latching actuator configured to be manually activated to move the latching actuator into a release position; and a second activation surface on said latching actuator configured to operatively engage a hydraulic actuator contained within the automatic locking member and move said latching actuator into a release position; whereby said latching member can be selectively released from said automatic locking member either manually or hydraulically.