Patent ID: 8392040

Claim:
A system that is configured to provide at least one actuator control signal for coupling to a marine vessel having first and second waterjets that provide respective first and second waterjet streams and include corresponding first and second steering nozzles and corresponding first and second reversing buckets, the system comprising: a processor configured to receive a first vessel control signal from a first control device and a non-transitory computer useable medium having computer readable program instructions embodied therein, the computer readable program instructions executable by the processor so as to provide the first vessel control signal command for turning the marine vessel and that is configured to provide the at least one actuator control signal for coupling to the first and second waterjets so as to position one of the first reversing bucket and the second reversing bucket into the corresponding first and second waterjet stream of the first and second waterjets to increase a thrust angle provided by the one of the first and second waterjets beyond an angle provided by the respective first and second steering nozzles without the respective reversing bucket deployed into the respective waterjet stream.