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A system for moving objects such as boats to be stored between the water and a storage stall. The system includes a tower assembly, a support assembly and a transport assembly. The tower assembly includes a fork adapted to support and to raise and lower the boat to be moved. The support assembly has

A system for moving objects such as boats to be stored between the water and a storage stall. The system includes a tower assembly, a support assembly and a transport assembly. The tower assembly includes a fork adapted to support and to raise and lower the boat to be moved. The support assembly has an upper base member for supporting the tower assembly, a lower base member, and a motor to cause rotational motion of the upper base member and tower assembly with respect to the lower base member about a vertical axis. The transport assembly includes rails for guiding the support assembly and tower assembly for movement in the horizontal plane.

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A boat handling system for lifting, transporting and storing boats in a cellular storage facility, the storage facility having an access aisle parallel to a plurality of rows and columns of boat receiving stalls, the system comprising: a first set of rails extending the length of the aisle and conti

A boat handling system for lifting, transporting and storing boats in a cellular storage facility, the storage facility having an access aisle parallel to a plurality of rows and columns of boat receiving stalls, the system comprising: a first set of rails extending the length of the aisle and continuing to a boat loading location; a base structure having rollers positioned to ride on the first set of rails for effecting movement of the base structure along the rails; a second set of rails attached to the base structure for movement therewith, the second set of rails being oriented orthogonally to the first set of rails; a support assembly having rollers positioned to ride on the second set of rails for effecting movement of the support assembly thereon, the support assembly including a lower base plate to which the support assembly rollers are coupled and an upper base plate rotatably coupled to the lower base plate for rotation about a vertical axis therethrough; a tower assembly mounted on the upper base plate, the tower assembly including a vertically extending tower, a guide slidably coupled to the tower for vertical motion therealong, and a fork slidably coupled to the guide for vertical motion therealong, the fork being adapted for supporting a boat; and means coupled to the tower assembly for effecting movement of the guide and the fork for raising and lowering the fork to selected positions and for moving the tower assembly along the first and second sets of rails for transporting boats between selected ones of the stalls and the loading location comprising: (i) a hydraulic cylinder having a pistion vertically extendible along the tower assembly; (ii) a first pulley attached to an end of the piston for movement therewith; (iii) a first cable having one end attached to the support assembly and a second end attached to the guide, the cable passing over the pulley whereby movement of the piston affects motion of the guide; (iv) a second pulley attached to the guide for movement therewith; and (v) a second cable having one end attached to the fork and a second end attached to a variable position stop, the second cable passing over the second pulley whereby motion of the guide effects extension of the second cable until the second end thereof reaches the stop and thereafter effects motion of the fork along the guide.