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A system for moving watercraft for storage inside a dry stack watercraft storage facility. The system includes a frame assembly, a cradle assembly and a rack assembly which closely interact with each other to precisely and securely position and protect watercraft stored inside the facility. The crad

A system for moving watercraft for storage inside a dry stack watercraft storage facility. The system includes a frame assembly, a cradle assembly and a rack assembly which closely interact with each other to precisely and securely position and protect watercraft stored inside the facility. The cradle assembly lifts a watercraft from the watercraft's center of gravity to position in the rack assembly. The rack assembly supports the watercraft through a pair of cantilever beams, and further includes a pair of cable guides used to guide the cradle assembly in the placement of the watercraft on the cantilever beams and to reducethe sway present during the positioning of the watercraft. The frame assembly supports and protects the other assemblies.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A storage system for watercraft including a support wall, at least two watercraft support modules mounted to said support wall, said support modules being mounted and stacked in relationship to each other, said support modules each including a pair of cantilever beams hav

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A storage system for watercraft including a support wall, at least two watercraft support modules mounted to said support wall, said support modules being mounted and stacked in relationship to each other, said support modules each including a pair of cantilever beams having opposing ends, one of each set of opposing ends being attached to said support wall and the other end of each set of opposing ends cantilevering out from said support wall, a remote support unit spaced from said support wall in a direction of the other opposing ends of said beams and beyond the said other ends of said beams;the storage system further including:a bridge extending between said support wall and said remote support unit and a trolley mounted on said bridge for movement along said bridge,a cradle assembly for lifting and positioning said watercraft into the support modules, said cradle assembly including a pair of guide support runners and cradle beams, said cradle beams connecting said guide support runners, said guide support runners being spaced from each other a width less than a width of the watercraft to be placed on the cantilever beams, cables connecting said cradle beams and said trolley, a winch to wind the cables in order to lift the watercraft positioned within the cradle assembly and a trolley motor for driving said trolley laterally along said track to place the watercraft within the module.