Patent ID: 7409921

Claim:
A sea perch apparatus comprising: a platform configured to be generally located between a pair of spaced-apart sea perch support members located on a boat, said sea perch support members comprising a superstructure portion extending above a hull portion of said boat and independent of said hull portion and located along one of a stern end, a starboard end, a port side, a bow end or combinations thereof of said boat; and said platform having means for selectively elevating said platform so as to be in a generally upright position between said sea perch support members and lowering said platform so as to be in a generally horizontal lower position at a predetermined height above a waterline in which said boat is floating when in the water, wherein when said platform is in the upright position, said platform serves as a guardrail between said sea perch support members, and wherein when said platform is in said lower position, said platform serves as a swimming dock or a tanning deck and further serves to facilitate easier embarking and disembarking to and from another boat.