Propulsion system for vessel

Abstract

This propulsion system for a vessel includes at least a first propulsion machine and a second propulsion machine that are provided side by side in a leftward-rightward direction in a hull, and a control unit including at least a processor and a memory and controlling the first propulsion machine and the second propulsion machine, wherein the control unit is capable of executing intermittent control to intermittently vary thrust of at least one propulsion machine of the first propulsion machine and the second propulsion machine on the basis of a first condition for varying a vessel speed, and wherein, during an intermittent driving mode in which at least one of the propulsion machines operates under the intermittent control, the control unit is capable of executing switching control to make thrust of the first propulsion machine and thrust of the second propulsion machine different from each other on the basis of a turning direction.

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