Patent ID: 6764360
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B63B,B63H,F01P

Abstract:
A personal watercraft comprising:a water jet pump including an outlet port, the water jet pump pressuring and accelerating sucked water and ejecting the water from the outlet port to propel the watercraft as a reaction of the ejecting water; a riding seat; a water-cooled engine for driving the water jet pump; an engine room that contains the engine; a water supply passage through which cooling water from outside of the watercraft is supplied to the engine; and a filter for filtering substances in the cooling water, wherein: the engine room is formed in a space surrounded by a hull and a deck of the watercraft, the riding seat is removably attached to cover an opening provided at a location of the deck above the engine room, the water jet pump is used as a cooling water supply pump for supplying the cooling water to the water supply passage, the water supply passage has a water supply pipe configured to connect a cooling water discharge port provided on a pump casing of the water jet pump to a cooling water supply port of the engine, the filter is placed in a portion of the water supply pipe within the engine room so as to be visible through the opening by removing the riding seat; and the water supply pipe has a raised portion extending to be higher than the cooling water discharge port and the cooling water supply port, and the filter is provided along the raised portion.