Patent ID: 6524149
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B63H,F01N

Abstract:
A small watercraft comprising a hull with an engine compartment defined therein, the hull having an opening formed on a lower section of the hull, an internal combustion engine mounted in the engine compartment and including a cylinder head, a water propulsion device powered by the internal combustion engine, the water propulsion device drawing water through an intake duct disposed apart from the opening in the hull, and a lubrication system including a pump device and a reservoir having an outer surface, the lubrication system communicating with the engine so as to supply lubricant thereto with the pump device circulating lubricant between at least the cylinder head of the engine and the reservoir, the reservoir being positioned in the hull relative to the opening such that ambient water in which the watercraft floats can contact at least a portion of the outer surface of the reservoir through the opening.