Patent ID: 6135832
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A small personal watercraft and propulsion system therefore comprised of a hull defining a riders' area at the rear thereof for accommodating a rider and a minimum number of passengers, a jet propulsion system suspended in said hull at the rear thereof and lying at least in substantial part beneath said riders' area, an internal combustion engine supported within said hull at a position disposed forwardly of said jet propulsion unit at a position at least in part below the forward portion of said riders' area, a transmission for driving said jet propulsion unit from an output shaft of said engine, said engine having a an engine body defining a plurality of cylinders and a crankshaft driven by pistons reciprocating in said cylinders, and an accessory for said engine driven by said crankshaft through said transmission, said the accessory being contained within said engine body.