Steering device for jet boat

A steering device for a jet boat, said steering device including a tubular housing securable over the water exit at the rear of a jet boat, a steering nozzle movably secured to said housing, so that water leaving the boat passes first through said housing and then through said nozzle to leave the boat through the nozzle outlet, and means for moving the steering nozzle relative to the housing, so as to direct the water leaving the nozzle outlet in a pre-determined direction, characterized in that said steering nozzle is movably secured to the housing by a pivotal connection which permits pivotal movement of the nozzle relative to the housing about a plane which lies at an acute angle to a longitudinal line through the centre of the housing;

• said pivotal connection being such that no part of the nozzle projects inwards into the bore of the housing at any position of the nozzle relative to the housing;
• and the housing and the nozzle are aligned such that when the nozzle is in the "straight ahead" steering position, the longitudinal line through the centre of the housing is aligned with a longitudinal line through the centre of the nozzle, so as to minimize directional change for water passing through the housing and the nozzle.