Patent ID: 9381989
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B63H

Claim Text:
1. A method for positioning a drive unit on a marine vessel, the method comprising: receiving an initiation request from a user input device to operate the marine vessel in a desired operating mode in which it is anticipated that the drive unit will provide a reverse thrust; storing a first trim position of the drive unit in a memory upon receiving and in response to the initiation request; trimming the drive unit to a second trim position automatically in response to the initiation request and subsequently operating the marine vessel in the desired operating mode with the drive unit in the second trim position, wherein the second trim position is a trim position in which the reverse thrust is not impeded by a hull of the marine vessel; receiving a termination request to cancel the desired operating mode; and trimming the drive unit to the first trim position automatically upon receiving the termination request.