Patent ID: 6945834

Claim:
A steering arrangement for vessels having a water jet unit, the steering arrangement comprising; a) a steering device ( 6 ) that is pivotable about an essentially vertical shaft ( 5 ) having a first center line (C 1 ), b) at least one hydraulic cylinder ( 2 ; 3 ) articulately connected at a first end ( 2 A, 3 A) of the hydraulic cylinder to an attachment flange of the water jet unit, c) a turning device ( 4 ) connected to said shaft ( 5 ) for attachment to a second end ( 2 B; 3 B) of said hydraulic cylinder at a distance from said shaft ( 5 ) for pivoting the steering device ( 6 ), d) a reversing device ( 7 ) being arranged about an essentially horizontal shaft ( 12 ), e) an additional hydraulic cylinder ( 9 ) arranged to act on the reversing device ( 7 ), the additional hydraulic cylinder ( 9 ) following the movement of the steering device ( 6 ) characterized in that the at least one hydraulic cylinder and the additional hydraulic cylinder ( 2 , 3 , 9 ) are located inside a sheltered space ( 1 ) located above an extension of the vertical shaft ( 5 ), that said sheltered space ( 1 ) at the rear end ( 1 G) is arranged with a slit shaped opening ( 16 ), and that positional measuring equipment for measuring the position of the steering device ( 6 ) and/or the reversing device ( 7 ) is arranged within said sheltered space.