Hi Mary,
The boat stand as pictured is half-way lowered for rigging. It basically will lay flat on the bottom when lowered all the way and the boat floats off sideways. It's just next to the dock for convenience, but would need a flag for marking if there were nothing else around. It was custom built based on a few other stands on our beach, one Tornado, one Nacra 5.8 and a hobie 18. I'm not sure what they're using at the other end of the lake, but hopefully we'll be able to sail over for a couple of races this year.
Al