To provide a control apparatus for an outboard motor provided with a transmission and configured to prevent wear of a clutch caused by slippage of a gear shift clutch.
In the control apparatus for the outboard motor provided with the transmission, the difference DNd between output rotating speed ND and the logic output rotating speed NDa of the gear shift clutch of the transmission is calculated (S106), and when a speed other than a first speed is established in the transmission, and the absolute value of the calculated difference NDd is a predetermined value NDdref or more (S108), an abnormal condition of the gear shift clutch is determined, and the operation of the operation of the transmission is controlled so that the speed other than the first speed is changed to the first speed.
YOSHIMURA HAJIME
YAMAMOTO CHU
KATAGIRI NOBUCHIKA
