Patent ID: 9254904
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B63H

Claim Text:
1. A vessel comprising: an outboard motor including an upstream exhaust port that emits exhaust; a hull including a rear portion on which the outboard motor is mounted; a cabin disposed above the hull and including a windshield disposed in front of the outboard motor in a plan view of the vessel, a height of the cabin from a rearmost end of the outboard motor being not less than about ½ of a horizontal distance in a front/rear direction from the rearmost end of the outboard motor to a rear end edge of the windshield; a downstream exhaust port disposed farther to a lateral side of the vessel than the outboard motor; and an exhaust passage extending from the upstream exhaust port to the downstream exhaust port and configured to guide the exhaust from the upstream exhaust port to the downstream exhaust port; wherein the cabin, the outboard motor, and the windshield are configured and arranged with respect to each other to prevent an inflow of the exhaust into the cabin.