Abstract: An extendable bowsprit pulpit for a fishing boat, comprising an elongated pulpit affixed to the bow of the boat, a slidable pulpit extension which fits into the elongated pulpit and is capable of being retracted to lie mainly within said elongated pulpit and of being slidably extended so that the major portion of said pulpit extension lies forwardly of the elongated pulpit as an extension thereof, a pair of bow supports each having one end attached to the forward portion of the elongated pulpit and its other end connected to a bracket mounted on the boat's bow beneath the elongated pulpit, a slidably extendable railing surrounding the bowsprit pulpit in both its retracted and extended positions, and power operated means connected to said slidable pulpit extension for extending and retracting said pulpit extension.