Patent ID: 9139276
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. An outboard motor control system comprising: a plurality of outboard motors mounted on a stern of a watercraft and configured to be steered independently; a target steering angle setting section configured to set a target steering angle for each of the plurality of outboard motors; a plurality of actuators configured to steer each of the plurality of outboard motors such that a steering angle of each of the plurality of outboard motor becomes equal or substantially equal to the target steering angle; an actual steering angle detecting section configured to detect an actual steering angle of each of the plurality of outboard motors; and a control section programmed and configured to control a steering operation of the plurality of outboard motors such that, when a steering angle difference defining a difference between the actual steering angles of adjacently arranged outboard motors becomes equal to or larger than a prescribed value, an increase of the steering angle difference is prevented.