Patent ID: 6015321
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B63B,B63H,F02B

Abstract:
A watercraft having a hull defining an engine compartment and having a lower surface, said watercraft including a water propulsion device, an internal combustion engine positioned in said engine compartment and supported by said lower surface of said hull, said engine having an output shaft arranged to drive said water propulsion device, said watercraft having an air intake system for supplying said engine with air for use in a combustion process and for ventilating said engine compartment, said intake system including at least one air intake through said hull leading into and terminating at an air discharge point within said engine compartment, said watercraft including a fuel supply system for supplying fuel from a fuel supply to said engine for combustion, said fuel supply system including an electrically powered fuel pump for delivering fuel from said fuel supply to said engine, said fuel pump positioned within said engine compartment in a location avoiding exposure of said pump to water which enters said engine compartment through said hull by positioning said fuel pump in one of a location vertically above both the water level at which said hull assumes in the water and the air discharge point of said one air intake within said engine compartment and within the interior of said fuel supply below the fuel therein.