Abstract: A docking type system for lifting boats out of the water for storage and servicing by the provision of a lifting system which elevates both the vessel and the dock above the surface of a body of water. The docking system comprises a plurality of fixed piles, a platform floating between the piles, an upper surface above the body of water and a frame that is capable of supporting the vessel. The platform is located and supported between the piles and is capable of being raised above, and lowered below, the surface of the body of water. The frame and the platform are relatively disposed such that when the frame lifts a vessel above the surface of the body of water it also lifts the platform above the surface of the body of water.