Outboard motor

Abstract

An outboard motor for propelling a ship, includes: a propeller unit including a propeller shaft, a propeller fixed to the propeller shaft, and a case for rotatably supporting the propeller shaft; a support portion formed in a columnar shape extending in an upper-lower direction and having a lower end portion to which the propeller unit is supported; a bracket provided at an upper portion of the support portion and configured to attach the support portion to the ship; and a fine dust capturing device having a passage through which water around the outboard motor flows and configured to capture fine dust contained in the water flowing through the passage. The fine dust capturing device is provided between the lower end portion of the support portion and the case such that an extension direction of the passage is a front-rear direction of the outboard motor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.