Patent ID: 7769504

Claim:
A marine vessel running controlling apparatus for a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit arranged to generate a propulsive force to be applied to a hull of the marine vessel, a steering unit arranged to turn the hull, and an operational unit to be operated by an operator of the marine vessel to control a steering angle of the steering unit, the marine vessel running controlling apparatus comprising: a target characteristic storage unit arranged to store a target characteristic line which represents a target marine vessel maneuvering characteristic defining a relationship between a target turning behavior with respect to an operation amount of the operational unit and a traveling speed of the marine vessel; a target characteristic change inputting unit to be operated by the operator to change a shape of the target characteristic line stored in the target characteristic storage unit; and a target characteristic line updating unit arranged to update the target characteristic line stored in the target characteristic storage unit according to an input from the target characteristic change inputting unit; wherein the target characteristic change inputting unit includes an inflection point position change inputting unit to be operated by the operator to change a position of an inflection point of the target characteristic line stored in the target characteristic storage unit.