Patent ID: 9650121
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B63H

Claim:
1. A watercraft comprising: a vessel body; a propulsion mechanism configured to switch among a forward thrust state to forwardly move the vessel body, a rearward thrust state to rearwardly move the vessel body, and a neutral state to maintain the vessel body in a stationary state; an engine configured to drive the propulsion mechanism; a shift operating unit configured to move to a forward thrust position to switch the propulsion mechanism into the forward thrust state, a rearward thrust position to switch the propulsion mechanism into the rearward thrust state, and a neutral position to switch the propulsion mechanism into the neutral state; a vessel body state determining unit programmed and configured to determine whether or not the vessel body is in the stationary state; and an engine controlling unit programmed and configured to stop the engine when the shift operating unit is located in the neutral position and the vessel body state determining unit determines that the vessel body is in the stationary state; wherein the propulsion mechanism includes a jet propulsion device and a bucket, the jet propulsion device is configured to rearwardly eject a jet of water, and the bucket is disposed rearward of the jet propulsion device; the bucket is configured to move to a first bucket position to cause the jet of water to flow rearward, a second bucket position to cause the jet of water to flow forward, and a third bucket position located differently from the first bucket position and the second bucket position; and the engine controlling unit is programmed and configured to stop the engine when the bucket is located in the third bucket position.