Patent ID: 9682757
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B63H

Claim:
1. A method for reversing a watercraft, the watercraft having a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a motor connected to at least one of the hull and the deck, a jet propulsion system operatively connected to the motor, a reverse gate connected to at least one of the hull, the deck and the jet propulsion system, the reverse gate being movable between at least a stowed position and a reverse position, and a reverse gate actuator operatively connected to the reverse gate for moving the reverse gate between at least the stowed position and the reverse position, the method comprising: receiving, in a control unit, a reverse signal from a reverse gate operator position sensor sensing a position of a reverse gate operator; receiving, in the control unit, a speed signal representative of at least one of a watercraft speed and a motor speed; controlling, by the control unit, an operation of the reverse gate actuator based at least in part on the speed signal; and moving the reverse gate from the stowed position to the reverse position with the reverse gate actuator in response to receiving the reverse signal, the reverse gate actuator being controlled such that a movement speed of the reverse gate depends on the speed signal.