Patent ID: 8826845

Claim:
A marine vessel comprising: an outboard motor mounting portion provided at a stern of a hull; an outboard motor locating hole provided rearward of the outboard motor mounting portion, the outboard motor locating hole being near the outboard motor mounting portion, the outboard motor locating hole penetrating vertically through the stern; a platform provided rearward of the outboard motor locating hole; and an outboard motor located in the outboard motor locating hole and mounted to the outboard motor mounting portion; wherein the platform includes a notched hole extending rearward from the outboard motor locating hole and penetrating vertically through the platform; and the outboard motor is arranged to be turnable around a horizontal axis passing through a front portion of the outboard motor until a lower portion of the outboard motor reaches through the notched hole to a position above the platform, and the outboard motor is arranged to be turnable to a left and right around a steering axis passing through the front portion of the outboard motor; and the notched hole has a length in a right-left direction so as to allow the lower portion of the outboard motor to pass through the notched hole in a state in which the outboard motor is turned to an arbitrary steering angle around the steering axis.