Patent ID: 7971546

Claim:
An apparatus for guiding a watercraft comprising: at least two substantially flexible tubes, each about 2 inches in diameter and about 3 to 4 feet in length; at least two substantially nonflexible center members about 1½ inches in diameter and about 12-20 inches in length, each center member having a generally vertical upper half and a lower half bent about 8-10 degrees from said upper half and each center member being inserted within one of said at least two substantially flexible tubes; and at least two baseplates each fixedly coupled to a watercraft storage device and one of said at least two substantially nonflexible center members, each of said at least two baseplates supporting one of said at least two substantially nonflexible center members at an angle, wherein said angle positions said tubes so that only a rubrail of a watercraft is able to contact said at least two substantially flexible tubes at a same time and substantially only said substantially flexible tubes flex when a watercraft comes into contact with said apparatus.