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A launch vehicle for boats or other small watercraft which includes a partially submersible frame movably mounted on wheels. The wheels are provided with all-terrain type tires which enable the frame to move over rocks and uneven ground or lake beds, without becoming bogged down in muck or lake bed

A launch vehicle for boats or other small watercraft which includes a partially submersible frame movably mounted on wheels. The wheels are provided with all-terrain type tires which enable the frame to move over rocks and uneven ground or lake beds, without becoming bogged down in muck or lake bed sediments. The frame supports a boat bunk configured to engagingly support the bottom sides of a boat hull thereon during its transportation and storage, as well as a walkway adapted to assume a generally horizontal orientation so as to enable a user to stand or rest thereon. The walkway has a lateral width of at least one foot, and extends substantially the longitudinal length of the boat launch vehicle. When horizontal, the walkway is positioned vertically spaced above the bunk at a location selected to locate above the lake surface of the lake when the bunk is sufficiently submerged to enable the boat to be floated free from or positioned over the bunk. The boat launch vehicle is self-propelled with the wheels rotatably driven by a motor mounted vertically above the submersible bunk so as to maintain it in position above the lake surface during boat launching and retrieval.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A self-propelled boat launch vehicle for launching or docking a boat in water comprising,a submersible longitudinally elongated frame, said frame being movably supported on each longitudinal side by a pair of wheels,a submersible boat bunk mounted to said frame for supportably enga

[ We claim:] [1.] A self-propelled boat launch vehicle for launching or docking a boat in water comprising,a submersible longitudinally elongated frame, said frame being movably supported on each longitudinal side by a pair of wheels,a submersible boat bunk mounted to said frame for supportably engaging said boat during launching,a drive motor supported at a position spaced vertically above said boat bunk, whereby during launching or docking of said boat, said drive motor is maintained at a position substantially above said water,a drive linkage connecting said drive motor and at least one of said wheels, whereby the activation of the drive motor drives said at least one of said wheels to move the boat launch vehicle, anda walkway for supporting a user thereon being coupled to the frame.