Systems and methods for steering a marine vessel

A steering system for a marine vessel, the system comprising:

• a steerable marine drive rotatable about a steering axis to desired steering angles;
• a steering actuator configured to rotate the marine drive about the steering axis;
• a steering wheel rotatable by a user;
• a wheel position sensor configured to sense a position of the steering wheel;
• a one or more controllers collectively configured to:
• in response to receiving a user input to engage a quick steer mode, employ a reduced steering ratio to translate positions of a steering wheel to desired steering angles of a marine drive;
• determine a vessel speed of the marine vessel;
• compare the vessel speed to a threshold vessel speed;
• upon the vessel speed exceeding the threshold vessel speed, determine an output limit to prevent the marine vessel from further exceeding the threshold vessel speed while in the quick steer mode;
• and
• control the marine drive based on the output limit and control the steering actuator associated with the marine drive based on the reduced steering ratio the positions of the steering wheel.