Outboard motor

An outboard motor for a contra-rotating propeller type, comprising:

• an outer propeller shaft extending in a front-rear direction and having a tubular shape, to whose rear portion a first propeller is mounted;
• an inner propeller shaft extending in the front-rear direction and disposed at an inner peripheral side of the outer propeller shaft, to whose rear portion a second propeller is mounted;
• a rear driven gear disposed at a rear side of a drive gear coupled to a lower end side of a drive shaft extending in an up-down direction, configured to mesh with the drive gear, and coupled to a front end side of the outer propeller shaft;
• a front driven gear disposed at a front side of the drive gear, configured to mesh with the drive gear, and coupled to a front end side of the inner propeller shaft;
• and
• a case covering a front portion of the outer propeller shaft, a front portion of the inner propeller shaft, the drive gear, the rear driven gear, and the front driven gear,
• wherein a first bearing rotatably supporting the outer propeller shaft on the case and configured to receive an axial load acting on the outer propeller shaft in a front direction from the first bearing toward the rear driven gear is provided at an outer peripheral side of the front portion of the outer propeller shaft, and
• wherein the first bearing is disposed at a rear side of a third bearing so as to be adjacent to the third bearing, the third bearing rotatably supporting the rear driven gear on the case.