Patent ID: 7524223

Claim:
An outboard motor comprising: a cowling having an upper portion and at least partially defining an engine compartment; a right-side intake port formed in a right side surface portion of the upper portion of the cowling; a left-side intake port formed in a left side surface portion of the upper portion of the cowling; and a water separating portion being in fluid communication with the right-side and left-side intake ports, the water separating portion and the engine compartment being in fluid communication with each other by an intake duct, wherein the water separating portion includes first and second water separating portions, the first water separating portion having an intake port communication passage that communicates between the right-side intake port and the left-side intake port without any barrier directly between and resisting water flow between the right-side intake port and the left-side intake port, the intake port communication passage being defined by a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a ceiling and extending between the right-side intake port and the left-side intake port, the second water separating portion being in fluid communication with the first water separating portion via a communication port, the second water separating portion being in fluid communication with the engine compartment for discharging water therefrom.