Patent ID: 7918178

Claim:
A floating watercraft port comprising: a port member having an upper surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces, a front surface and a back surface; a cradle being formed in at least a part of said upper surface and extending rearward from said front surface; wherein said front surface of said port member defines an opening to said cradle which is sized and shaped complementarily to the shape of said cradle and said back surface of said port member defines an entrance to said cradle; said cradle being defined by a pair of opposed inwardly sloping walls; a plurality of roller sockets positioned along said cradle walls and rollers received in said roller sockets; said upper surface defining a deck surface extending, rearwardly from said front surface on opposite sides of said cradle, said port member comprising post receiving openings extending between said bottom and upper surfaces, said openings opening onto said deck surface; and a bow stop which is separate from said port member and which is mountable to said port member at the front of said port member; wherein said bow stop extends substantially the width of said port member; said bow stop including an upper surface; a front surface, a back surface, side surfaces and a bottom surface: said upper surface defining, at least in part, a deck surface; said bottom surface being shaped substantially complementarily to said port member upper surface such that said bow stop rests on said port member upper surface and closes said opening to said cradle at said front wall when said bow stop is mounted to said port member; said bow further including post receiving openings extending upward from said bottom surface of said bow stop; said post receiving openings of said bow stop being positioned to be aligned with said post receiving openings of said port member.