Patent ID: 7121908
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A watercraft control system for controlling shift and thrust of watercraft propulsion units through first and second adjacent operating levers in a watercraft having at least a left-most propulsion unit, a right-most propulsion unit, and at least an intermediate propulsion unit disposed between the right-most and the left-most propulsion units, the control system comprising a control device configured to detect positions of the first and second operating levers, to control the operation of the left-most propulsion unit in response to the lever position of the first lever, and to control the operation of the right-most propulsion unit in response to the lever position of the second lever, wherein the control device includes a calculation module for calculating, from the detected lever positions, imaginary lever positions of the intermediate watercraft propulsion units between the left and the right units.