Marine outboard motor with shift mechanism

摘要

The marine outboard motor 2 includes a gear casing 40 , a propeller shaft 29 rotatable within the gear casing about a propeller shaft shaft 34 , a drive shaft 27 having a drive gear 35 , a propeller shaft and A clutch mechanism (50) for selectively engaging a drive gear, and a shift mechanism (60) configured to actuate the clutch mechanism are provided. The shift mechanism comprises a support shaft 70 fixed to the gear casing and extending along or parallel to a propeller shaft axis, a shift shuttle 80 slidable along the support shaft and connected to a clutch member 53 of the clutch mechanism. , a shifting finger (90) pivotally mounted on the support shaft, and a shifting rod (61) coupled to the shifting finger by a releasable coupling. The shifting finger is configured to move the shifting shuttle along the support shaft to actuate the clutch member when the shifting finger is rotated by the shifting rod about a shifting rod axis. A marine vessel comprising such an offshore outboard motor is also provided.