Patent ID: 6726513
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A jet-propulsion personal watercraft including a water jet pump ejecting water rearward to propel the watercraft as a reaction of the ejecting water, comprising:an engine for driving the water jet pump; an engine room surrounded by a hull and a deck, for containing the engine, the engine room having an opening for maintenance in an upper portion thereof; an exhaust pipe connected to the engine; an air-intake pipe connected to the engine; and an oil filter mounted to the engine, and the engine including: an exhaust pipe connecting face to which the exhaust pipe is connected; an air-intake pipe connecting face to which the air-intake pipe is connected; and an oil filter mounting face to which the oil filter is mounted, wherein the exhaust pipe connecting face, the air-intake pipe connecting face, and the oil filter mounting face are located in the opening as seen from a direction in which the opening is opened; and wherein the oil filter mounting face is formed such that a normal direction of the oil filter mounting face substantially corresponds with a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the opening is opened or is angled upward with respect to the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the opening is opened.