Abstract: Disclosed herein is an outboard motor comprising a transom bracket adapted to be fixedly mounted to a boat transom, an intermediate bracket, a pivot connecting the intermediate bracket to the transom bracket for pivotal movement of the intermediate bracket in a vertical plane about a first axis which is horizontal when the transom bracket is boat mounted, a propulsion unit including a propeller, a king pin connecting the propulsion unit to the intermediate bracket for pivotal sterring movement of the propulsion unit in a horizontal plane relative to the intermediate bracket, a pivot link, a pivot connecting the pivot link to the transom bracket for pivotal movement about a second axis parallel to the first axis, an extensible link having opposite ends, a pivot connecting one of the opposite ends of the extensible link to the pivot link about a third axis parallel to the first axis, a pivot connecting the other of the opposite ends of the extensible link to the intermediate bracket about a fourth axis parallel

Abstract: A propulsion assembly includes hydraulic trim and tilt cylinders and a reversible pump effective when operating in a first mode, to supply hydraulic fluid under pressure to a first port and to provide suction at a second port and effective when operating in a second mode, to supply hydraulic fluid under pressure to the second port and to provide suction at the first port, a first conduit communicating between one end of the tilt cylinder and the first pump port and including a first valve biased so as to releasably prevent flow from the first end of the tilt cylinder to the first pump port and so as to permit fluid flow from the first pump port to the first end of the tilt cylinder in response to the presence of hydraulic fluid under pressure at the first pump port, a second conduit communicating between the first end of the trim cylinder and the first pump port independently of the first conduit, and a piston communicating with the second pump port for actuating the first valve against the bias thereof and i