Patent ID: 8132524

Claim:
An improved personal watercraft comprising: an upper hull section housing said watercraft's operational controls and passenger seating; a lower hull section housing a propulsion system; a pressure actuated suspension system having at least one centrally mounted telescopic shock absorber having a distal end and a proximate end wherein said distal end of said shock absorber is slidably connected to a rigid sub-frame affixed to said lower hull and wherein said proximate end of said shock absorber is connected to a pivot linkage mechanism affixed at its upper end to said upper hull; and a first pressure actuation system; wherein said first pressure actuation system is in operational connection with said tubular shock absorber so as to telescope the distance between said distal end and proximate end thereby separating or conjoining said upper hull section from said lower hull section, and wherein said distal end of said shock absorber may be adjusted to different positions in said sub frame to adjust the amount of telescopic extension of the shock absorber.