Patent ID: 7556546

Claim:
A boat comprising: a remote control operation unit having a remote control shift lever configured to allow a boat operator to remotely select a forward, neutral, and reverse drive mode; a boat propulsion unit having a shift switching device configured to selectively shift between the forward, neutral, and reverse drive modes, and a shift actuator configured to operate the shift switching device; and a control means for controlling the operation of the shift actuator in response to the operation amount of the remote control shift lever, when the remote control shift lever has been operated within a certain range of a shift range, wherein the control means controls the shift actuator such that the shift actuator achieves a first target position that is a position beyond a reference position of the shift actuator where a dog clutch is in the middle of a neutral range, when the remote control shift lever has been shifted from either a forward position or a reverse position to a neutral position.