a point in the water beneath the boat 12 so that the boat 12 can pull on and off the lift 16 when afloat a carriage or mechanism 17 of the lift 16 is raised or lowered in order to either disembark or store the boat 12 depending on the user 39 s action upon entry of the boat 12 into the canopy 10 and temporarily mooring in position for operation of the lift 16 the seams 39 of the end curtain 36 can be closed using fasteners not shown using the lift 16 the boat 12 can be raised with its wakeboard tower 14 aligned with the raised center portion 20 upon confirmation of alignment the lift 16 can be engaged and the entire boat 12 lifted out of the water so that the boat 39 s gunwale is raised proximate the downwardly depending curtains 24 26 32 to provide substantial weather protection shown in fig2 lift 16 is preferably mounted on posts 60 62 64 66 which posts 60 62 64 66 also support canopy 10 it will be noted that the spacing of posts 60 62 64 66 is such that they are generally located proximate the intersection between the center portion 20 and entry portion 18 at the entry end and the intersection between center portion 20 and front end portion 22 in this manner entry portion 18 and front end portion 22 are supported in.