Patent ID: 8460040

Claim:
An outboard motor control device arranged to control a plurality of outboard motors, the outboard motor control device comprising: a malfunction determination unit arranged to determine whether any of the plurality of outboard motors is malfunctioning in performing turning angle control and to identify a malfunctioning outboard motor; a turning angle control stop unit arranged to stop turning angle control of the malfunctioning outboard motor; a propulsion force control unit arranged and programmed to set a shift position of the malfunctioning outboard motor to a neutral position; and a turning angle control unit arranged and programmed to perform turning angle control of normally functioning outboard motors and not to perform turning angle control of the malfunctioning outboard motor; and a turnability determination unit arranged to determine whether the malfunctioning outboard motor is turnable; wherein the turning angle control stop unit is arranged to stop the turning angle control of the malfunctioning outboard motor when the malfunctioning outboard motor is determined to be not turnable by the turnability determination unit.