Patent ID: RE39572

Claim:
An outboard jet drive boat comprising: a huly ( 11 ) having a transom ( 12 ); a housing ( 13 ) sealed against the intrusion of water, said housing ( 13 ) having front and rear sides, and a top and bottom and having a sealable entrance through the top thereof, and said housing ( 13 ) being removably attached to the transom ( 12 ) of said hull ( 11 ); an engine mounting platform ( 14 ) attached in said housing ( 13 ) and having a plurality of engine mounts ( 15 ) attached thereto; an engine ( 16 ) mounted in said housing ( 13 ) and supported generally horizontally on said platform ( 14 ); a jet drive unit ( 17 ) attached in said housing ( 13 ) below said platform ( 14 ) and extending generally parallel to said engine ( 16 ), said jet drive unit ( 17 ) extending from the rear of said housing ( 13 ) and being operatively attached to said engine ( 16 ) in said housing ( 13 ) above said platform ( 14 ); and a main fuel tank ( 33 ) positioned inside said hull ( 11 ) and having a fuel line ( 35 ) connecting said main fuel tank ( 33 ) to said engine ( 16 ) for the feeding of fuel from said fuel tank ( 33 ) to said engine ( 16 ), whereby an outboard jet drive ( 17 ) and engine ( 16 ) are removably attached to a boat hull ( 11 ) transom ( 12 ) and isolated in a separate housing ( 13 ).