Patent ID: 7802530

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising: a steering unit; a steering nozzle arranged to pivot in accordance with an operation of the steering unit to change a traveling direction of a body of the personal watercraft; a steering position sensor configured to detect a steering angle of the steering unit; an actuator arranged to pivot the steering nozzle to change a steered angle thereof; a running speed sensor configured to detect a running speed of the body of the personal watercraft; and a control device programmed to determine an operational amount of the actuator based upon a detection amount of the steering position sensor, a detection amount of the running speed sensor, and a steering ratio preset relative to the steering angle of the steering unit and the running speed of the body, and to control an operation of the actuator in response to the operational amount so as to pivot the steering nozzle; wherein the control device is programmed to control an engine mounted to the body to increase an output of the engine when the steering angle of the steering unit detected by the steering position sensor becomes larger than a predetermined steering angle amount.