Patent ID: 6017255
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B63H,F01N,F02B

Abstract:
A watercraft including an exhaust system for an engine powering a water propulsion device of said watercraft, said watercraft having a hull with a front end and a rear end, said water propulsion device positioned near said rear end of said watercraft, said engine connected to said hull and positioned generally towards a front end of said watercraft from said water propulsion device and having an output shaft arranged to drive said water propulsion device, said engine having at least two cylinders each of which has at least one exhaust port, and a fuel supply system including a fuel tank positioned towards said front end of said watercraft from said engine and generally at an end of said engine opposite said water propulsion device, said engine having a separate exhaust system for each of said cylinders, each of said exhaust systems defining an exhaust flow path from said engine towards said front end of said watercraft along a first side of said fuel tank and then along a second side of said fuel tank towards said rear of said watercraft to an exhaust discharge.