Marine drives and apparatuses for steering marine drives and for routing flexible rigging connectors on marine drives

A marine drive for propelling a marine vessel in water, the marine drive comprising:

• a supporting frame that is steerable about a steering axis;
• a cowling defining a cowling interior that encloses at least a portion of the supporting frame;
• a flexible rigging connector extending from the cowling interior and configured to couple a component of the marine drive to a component of the marine vessel;
• and
• a steering arm for steering the marine drive relative to a steering axis,
• wherein the flexible rigging connector extends through a through-bore in the steering arm that is generally coaxial with the steering axis and then transversely relative to the steering axis towards the marine vessel.

A marine drive for propelling a marine vessel in water, the marine drive comprising:

• a cowling defining a cowling interior;
• a steering arm for steering the marine drive with respect to a steering axis;
• a flexible rigging connector extending from the cowling interior to a location in the marine vessel, wherein the flexible rigging connector extends through the steering arm;
• a transom bracket assembly configured to couple the marine drive to the marine vessel, the transom bracket assembly including a transom bracket configured for fixed attachment to the marine drive and a swivel bracket that is configured for fixed attachment to the marine drive, the swivel bracket being pivotably coupled to the transom bracket so as to facilitate trimming of the marine drive relative to the marine vessel about a trim axis;
• and
• a guide member that guides the flexible rigging connector over the transom bracket assembly, wherein the guide member is coupled to the swivel bracket so the guide member moves with the marine drive when the marine drive is trimmed about the trim axis.