OUTBOARD MOTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN OUTBOARD MOTOR

An outboard motor (101) includes an engine (1), a generator (5) configured to generate power by driving of the engine, a driving force transmitter (2) configured to transmit a driving force from the engine, a propeller shaft (3) configured to rotate by switching from a neutral state in which a clutch (30) is disconnected from the driving force transmitter of the engine at idle to a non-neutral state in which the clutch is connected to the driving force transmitter, and a controller (7) configured or programmed to perform a control to reduce a rotation speed of the engine by regeneration of the generator based on a user's switching operation on a shift operator (L) to switch the outboard motor from the neutral state to the non-neutral state, and then connect the clutch to the driving force transmitter while rotating the engine.