Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Chris Hagest

Yoshinori Tsumiyama

Kunihiko Kamio

Kiyoaki Maeda

Takehiro Nakashima

Kanji Kiyohara

Masafumi Ikeyama

Haruyoshi Maruyama

Joe Heim

Haruki Okada

Troy Kite

The present invention provides a watercraft having steering components (steering tabs or stabilizers) for maintaining steering capability even while amount of water ejected from a propulsion pump is decreased. The steering components are movably disposed on a hull of the watercraft at or below the water level on both right and left sides to be in an &ldquo;Operating State&rdquo; in which resistance of water is larger or to be in a &ldquo;Non-operating State&rdquo; in which the resistance of water is smaller in accordance with steering operation. Furthermore, a mechanism for absorbing an external force acting on the steering components in the &ldquo;Operating State&rdquo; is located in a system for operating the steering components. The mechanism reacts to the external force to allow the steering components to be transformed into the &ldquo;Non-operating State.&rdquo;

Watercraft

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Kingwood, TX, United States of America

Chris Hagest