Patent ID: 6616491
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A personal watercraft comprising:a hull; a water jet pump including an outlet, 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; a pump room formed by recessing a rear end portion of the hull, for containing the water jet pump; a pump cover covering the pump room and a part of the hull bottom surface extending forward from the pump room from a bottom side of the watercraft; 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 has a gap, provided between the hull bottom surface and the pump cover, and for communicating the engine with the pump room, and the exhaust passage is configured to cause the exhaust gas from the engine to flow into the pump room through the gap and to be discharged to the outside of the watercraft through the pump room.