Patent ID: 6896566

Claim:
A personal watercraft having a water jet pump configured to propel the watercraft, the personal watercraft comprising: an engine for driving the water jet pump, the engine having an air-intake port provided within a cylinder head of the engine; an air-intake passage including first and second air-intake boxes and first and second air-intake pipes, the first air-intake box being connected to the second air-intake box by the first air-intake pipe, and the second air-intake box being connected to the air-intake port of the engine by the second air-intake pipe; and a throttle valve provided in the first air-intake pipe; wherein the first air-intake box is located on one of right and left sides of the engine, and the second air-intake box is located on the other side of the right and left sides of the engine such that the first air-intake box is located upstream of the second air-intake box in an air flow along the air-intake passage to the engine; wherein the first air intake box has an air inlet and an air outlet, and the second air intake box has an air inlet and an air outlet; wherein the first air-intake pipe is configured to connect the air outlet of the first air-intake box to the air inlet of the second air-intake box, and the second air-intake pipe is configured to connect the air outlet of the second air-intake box to the engine; and wherein the air suctioned from the first air-intake box is drawn to the engine through the second air intake box.