Patent ID: 6908350

Claim:
A steering and trim system for a marine outdrive comprising; a marine outdrive having a propeller end for supporting a rotatable propeller and a mounting end for mounting the marine outdrive to a marine vessel, the marine outdrive comprising a main drive shaft coupled to a propeller drive shaft by a pivotal connection, the main drive shaft and the propeller drive shaft both lie substantially within a plane and being substantially collinear with one another for straight ahead travel of the marine drive; a support linkage having a first end for attachment to a transom and a second end attached to the marine outdrive adjacent the propeller end thereof; a steering yoke supported adjacent the first end of the support linkage; and first and second spaced apart steering actuators, a first end of each of the first and second steering actuators coupled to the steering yoke and a second end of each of the first and second steering actuators being connectable with the transom for facilitating steering of the marine outdrive.