Patent ID: 8156881

Claim:
A steering handle unit of a watercraft to operate a steering cable, the steering handle unit comprising: a housing attached to a body; a steering shaft rotatably supported on the housing, the steering shaft having, at a bottom portion thereof, an arm to which the steering cable is connected; a slide portion which is attached to the steering shaft and which has, at a top portion thereof, a handlebar attachment portion, the handlebar attachment portion being translatable in an axial direction of the steering shaft; a rotation regulating groove provided on an outer peripheral surface of the steering shaft along the axial direction of the steering shaft; a rotation regulating portion which is provided on an inner peripheral side of the slide portion and which engages with the rotation regulating groove, the rotation regulating portion regulating rotation of the slide portion around a central axis of the steering shaft and allowing the slide portion to axially translate along the rotation regulating groove; a plurality of recesses provided in the outer peripheral surface of the steering shaft; a lock component which is provided in the slide portion and which is removably fitted into a recess to regulate the axial translation of the steering shaft and the slide portion; a link portion having the lock component disposed at one end thereof; a release lever disposed opposite to the lock component in the link portion; and a lock mechanism which interlocks the link portion with an operation of the release lever to pull the lock component in and out of the recess, wherein the plurality of recesses are provided along the axial direction of the steering shaft, and the lock component is fitted into one of the plurality of provided recesses to regulate the axial translation of the slide portion at a position corresponding to the recess.