Water jet propulsion boat and direction changing device for water jet propulsion boat

A water jet propulsion boat comprising:

• a hull;
• a jet generator on the hull to eject a jet of water;
• a direction changer to change a jet stream direction of the jet of water generated by the jet generator;
• a steering device on the hull;
• and
• a shift mechanism to shift the direction changer according to an operation by the steering device;
• wherein
• the direction changer is pivotable with respect to the hull about a first pivot axis extending along a first direction and about a second pivot axis extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
• the shift mechanism includes a first actuator to shift a first portion of the direction changer in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, and a second actuator to shift a second portion of the direction changer in the third direction;
• and
• the first pivot axis is located between the first portion and the second portion when viewed in the first direction, and both the first portion and second portion are located on one side of the second pivot axis with respect to the first direction when viewed in the second direction.