Patent ID: 6616492
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A personal watercraft comprising:a water jet pump including an outlet port, the water jet pump pressurizing and accelerating water taken in from outside of the watercraft and ejecting the water from the outlet port to propel the watercraft as a reaction of the ejecting water; an engine for driving the water jet pump; and an exhaust passage connected to an exhaust port of the engine, for discharging an exhaust gas from the engine to outside of the watercraft, wherein the exhaust passage includes: a water catcher extending vertically and having a substantially closed space in an upper portion thereof; an upstream exhaust passage having one end connected to the exhaust port of the engine and the other end connected to the water catcher at a position below the closed space; and a downstream exhaust passage having one end connected to the water catcher at a position below the closed space and the other end being opened to outside of the watercraft.