Patent ID: 6960109

Claim:
An engine intake structure for a boat having an engine mounted substantially in a middle of a boat body in the widthwise direction, so as to face in a longitudinal direction of the boat body, and a plurality of cylinders of the engine arranged facing upwards, the engine intake structure comprising: intake pipes formed with intake ports extending from a side of the cylinders; an intake box for housing the intake ports of the intake pipes inside the intake box, the intake box being arranged between a side wall of the boat body and the engine, the intake box including: an upper intake section facing towards the intake ports and a lower intake section extending downwards from the upper intake section; a mesh member partitioning the upper intake section and lower intake section; and an air cleaner element arranged in the lower intake section, wherein, after external air has been taken in to the lower intake section via the air cleaner element, the air flows to the upper intake section.