Patent ID: 7866272

Claim:
A control bar for a marine vessel, the control bar comprising: a rotatable steering axle, a handle bar that controls the steering axle, two handles supported on the handle bar, each handle being located at an extremity of the handle bar and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one throttle control arranged in connection with one or both of the handles, where the throttle control is actuated by rotation about the respective longitudinal axis, wherein the handle bar is provided with at least one additional control, the additional control including a contacting portion arranged between one of the handles and a center line of the control bar, wherein the contacting portion of the additional control is adjacent to an end of the handle and the contacting portion is arranged entirely between the one handle and the center line of the control bar, said at least one additional control constitutes means for providing additional steering adjustment of the travel direction of the vessel by at least one of a group consisting of means for distributing the force between motors provided on the vessel, means for adjustment of an angular position of trimming tabs of the vessel, and means for adjustment of a banking angle of a propeller drive provided in the vessel; wherein said at least one additional control includes the means for distributing the force between motors.