Outboard motor

An outboard motor comprising:

• an upper unit including a drive motor;
• a lower unit including a propeller shaft;
• a drive shaft configured to transmit a rotation of the drive motor to the propeller shaft;
• a connecting mechanism connecting the lower unit to the upper unit to be pivotable about an axis of the drive shaft;
• and
• a cooling device, wherein
• the cooling device includes
• a cooling mechanism provided in the upper unit and configured to cool an equipment requiring cooling including the drive motor by using cooling water,
• an intake port configured to take water outside the outboard motor into the lower unit as cooling water, and
• a supply passage provided from the lower unit to the upper unit and configured to supply the cooling water taken into the lower unit to the cooling mechanism,
• the connecting mechanism includes
• a first shaft portion having a cylindrical shape, provided in an upper part of the lower unit, and having an axis coaxial with the axis of the drive shaft, and
• a second shaft portion having a cylindrical shape, provided in a lower part of the upper unit, and having an axis coaxial with the axis of the drive shaft, and
• one shaft portion of the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion is inserted into the other shaft portion to be pivotable relative to the other shaft portion,
• the drive shaft is inserted into the one shaft portion with a space, and
• a part of the supply passage is formed of the space between the drive shaft and the one shaft portion.