An outboard motor includes an engine, a cowl, and a tilt mechanism. The cowl accommodates the engine. The tilt mechanism pivots the cowl from a tilt-down position to a tilt-up position about a horizontal tilt axis. The cowl includes a movable portion that moves from a normal position to a contracted position to reduce a contour of the cowl when the cowl is pivoted from the tilt-down position to the tilt-up position by the tilt mechanism.

A marine vessel includes a hull assembly, and the hull assembly includes a deck assembly, a first battery assembly, a second battery assembly and an electric motor assembly. The deck assembly is contained within the hull assembly. The first battery assembly is located completely under the deck assembly. The second battery assembly is located completely under the deck assembly and is physically separate from the first battery assembly. The electric motor assembly receives electric power from the first battery assembly and the second battery assembly to propel the hull assembly through water during operation.

A ship comprising a hull having a transom and a bottom, and an azimuthing propulsion unit arranged to the bottom of the ship hull, which azimuthing propulsion unit comprises a propeller. The azimuthing propulsion unit comprises an exposed operation mode in which the propeller sets, behind the transom of the hull and that the azimuthing propulsion unit is rotatable and comprises a protected position mode in which the azimuthing propulsion unit stays below the hull of the ship.

A ship comprising a hull having a transom and a bottom, and an azimuthing propulsion unit arranged to the bottom of the ship hull, which azimuthing propulsion unit comprises a propeller. The azimuthing propulsion unit comprises an exposed operation mode in which the propeller sets, behind the transom of the hull and that the azimuthing propulsion unit is rotatable and comprises a protected position mode in which the azimuthing propulsion unit stays below the hull of the ship.

A latching apparatus is for a cowl on an outboard marine engine. The cowl has a first cowl portion and a second cowl portion, which are latched together by the latching apparatus in a closed cowl position and unlatched from each other in an open cowl position. The latching apparatus comprises a retainer on the first cowl portion; an actuator device on the second cowl portion, and a wire coupled to the actuator device. The wire is coupled to the retainer in the closed cowl position and the wire is uncoupled from the retainer in the open cowl position. Actuation of the actuator device in a first direction rotates the wire so as to couple the wire to the retainer and actuation of the actuator device in a second direction rotates the wire so as to uncouple the wire from the retainer.

A method for charging an auxiliary voltage source that provides power for at least one additional component, the additional component being in addition to an electric drive that is powered by a main voltage, is described. The method includes electrically connecting a protection and/or control circuit to the main voltage source via a DC-to-DC converter configured for power supply, and to the auxiliary voltage source via a reverse blocking valve. The method further includes electrically connecting the main voltage source to the auxiliary voltage source via a charging device. The method still further includes charging the auxiliary voltage source via the main voltage source.

A method for charging an auxiliary voltage source that provides power for at least one additional component, the additional component being in addition to an electric drive that is powered by a main voltage, is described. The method includes electrically connecting a protection and/or control circuit to the main voltage source via a DC-to-DC converter configured for power supply, and to the auxiliary voltage source via a reverse blocking valve. The method further includes electrically connecting the main voltage source to the auxiliary voltage source via a charging device. The method still further includes charging the auxiliary voltage source via the main voltage source.

A stand-up type personal watercraft comprises: a body including a hull and a deck; a standing deck provided in a rear portion of the deck; an engine hood attached to the deck and located in front of the standing deck; a pole storage section formed as a recess on an outer upper surface of the engine hood and extending in a forward and rearward direction; a handle pole which is rotatably attached at a front end portion thereof to the deck, and is pivotable between a stowed position at which the handle pole is stowed in the pole storage section, and an up position at which a rear end portion of the handle pole is placed above and away from the pole storage section; and a storage provided in the engine hood by depressing a portion of an upper surface of the pole storage section.

A stand-up type personal watercraft comprises: a body including a hull and a deck; a standing deck provided in a rear portion of the deck; an engine hood attached to the deck and located in front of the standing deck; a pole storage section formed as a recess on an outer upper surface of the engine hood and extending in a forward and rearward direction; a handle pole which is rotatably attached at a front end portion thereof to the deck, and is pivotable between a stowed position at which the handle pole is stowed in the pole storage section, and an up position at which a rear end portion of the handle pole is placed above and away from the pole storage section; and a storage provided in the engine hood by depressing a portion of an upper surface of the pole storage section.

This application provides a motor, a watercraft propeller, and a watercraft. The motor includes: a housing with a cavity filled with insulating liquid; a stator fixed inside the cavity, with an inner rotating cavity on its inner side; and a agitation structure, rotating inside the inner rotating cavity, at least partially immersed in the insulating liquid, and configured to agitate the insulating liquid in a centrifugal or rotational form to contact and cool the stator. The agitation structure agitate the insulating liquid to the inner peripheral surface of the stator, allowing the stator to obtain the insulating liquid from the inner peripheral surface, ensuring uniform contact and heat exchange between the stator and the insulating liquid.