CONTROL SYSTEM FOR BOAT, CONTROL METHOD FOR BOAT, AND PROGRAM

摘要

A boat operating system has two outboard motors and a helm controller. The helm controller moves the boat in parallel in a lateral direction by performing steering so that extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors pass a movement center located on a center line of the boat, and causing shift directions of the two outboard motors to be reversed from each other, judges whether or not the boat is turning in a horizontal direction, and moves an intersection of the extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors and the center line of the boat in a direction of either forward or backward from the movement center when it is judged that the boat is turning while the boat is moved in parallel in the lateral direction.

主权项

1. A control system for a boat which has at least two outboard motors and is capable of moving the boat in parallel in a lateral direction, the control system comprising:
a control means which moves the boat in parallel in a lateral direction by performing steering so that extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors pass a movement center located on a center line of the boat, and causing shift directions of the two outboard motors to be reversed from each other; a turn judging means which judges whether or not the boat is turning in a horizontal direction; and a correcting means which moves an intersection of the extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors and the center line of the boat in a direction of either forward or backward from the movement center when the turn judging means judges that the boat is turning while the boat is moved in parallel in the lateral direction.