Patent ID: 7341013

Claim:
A steering system for a small planing watercraft having a hull and a steering pole repositionable by a rider in accordance with his or her own physique or posture, the steering system comprising an engaging portion provided on each side of a forward end portion of the steering pole and an engaged portion provided on the upper forward portion of the hull in the fore to aft direction of the hull, the engaged portion being engageable with the engaging portion such that the steering pole is translatable in the fore to aft direction of the hull, wherein the engaging portion is formed with a support shaft extending from each side of the forward end portion of the steering pole in a generally horizontal direction, the engaged portion being formed with a support shaft slide groove with which the support shaft can slidably engage, the steering system further comprising a guide shaft extending generally horizontally at a rearward portion of the engaging portion relative to the support shaft and extending from each side of the steering pole and a guide shaft slide groove provided above the support shaft slide groove and displaced rearwardly therefrom by a distance, with which the guide shaft can slidably engage.