Patent ID: 9545984
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B63H

Claim:
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 switching a position of the reverse gate among a plurality of shift positions including a forward drive position, at which the direction of the jet flow is toward the rear of the body, a reverse drive position, at which the direction of the jet flow is toward the front of the body, and a predetermined neutral position between the forward and reverse drive positions; a reverse gate position detector detecting the position of the reverse gate; and a controller configured or programmed to execute a shift control of setting a target shift position of the reverse gate and controlling the shift actuator to move the reverse gate to the target shift position and execute an error judgment of judging that an error has occurred when the position detected by the reverse gate position detector differs from a control position.