BOAT DRIVE CONTROL

Abstract

Abstract PCT No. PCT/SE89/00592 Sec. 371 Date May 28, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date May 28, 1991 PCT Filed Oct. 25, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/06256 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 1990.A marine propulsion drive apparatus has an input drive shaft with a propeller shaft extending through the stern of the boat and a drive body extending substantially straight out the stern of the boat and having a propeller at the end thereof. Steering is accomplished by operating the drive body itself. The drive body and the stern of the boat have a common oblique upward rearward slope. The contact surface of the drive body is mounted rotatably about an axis which is perpendicular to the contact surface such that when the boat is turned in one direction or the other, the entire drive body with the propeller mechanism is rotated about that contact surface, such that the propeller mechanism at the outer end of the drive body both rotates in the horizontal plane and also dips successively downwards following the rotating movement of the drive body.

Inventors

• 👤 H Thiger

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