Patent ID: 9403586
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B63H

Claim Text:
1. A jet propelled watercraft comprising: a body; a prime mover; a jet pump driven by the prime mover and jetting water from a jet port; a reverse gate changing a direction of the jet flow jetted from the jet pump; a shift actuator capable of moving the reverse gate to a plurality of shift positions including at least a forward drive position, at which the direction of the jet flow is toward a rear of the body, and a reverse drive position, at which the direction of the jet flow is toward a front of the body; a reverse gate operator operated by an operator to set a position of the reverse gate; a reverse gate operation detector detecting an operation state of the reverse gate operator; and a controller configured or programmed to determine, in accordance with the operation state of the reverse gate operator detected by the reverse gate operation detector, whether or not the reverse gate operator is being operated and to prohibit startup of the prime mover when it is determined that the reverse gate operator is being operated.