Patent ID: 7849808

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising: a hull; a sub-deck disposed on the hull, the hull and sub-deck together forming a hull and sub-deck (HSD) assembly; the HSD assembly having upwardly-extending left and right gunnels, each gunnel having an upper end; an engine disposed in the HSD assembly; a propulsion system connected to the hull and operatively connected to the engine; a helm assembly operatively connected to the propulsion system; a deck disposed above the sub-deck, the deck having: a pedestal; a straddle-type seat disposed on the pedestal at least in part rearwardly of the helm assembly; left and right lateral edges disposed laterally outwardly of the pedestal, the left and right lateral edges being disposed vertically at least as low as the upper end of the left and right gunnels, the left lateral edge and the left gunnel defining a left gap therebetween, the right lateral edge and the right gunnel defining a right gap therebetween; a left seal member extending laterally outwardly from the left lateral edge, the left seal member extending into the left gap generally toward the left gunnel; and a right seal member extending laterally outwardly from the right lateral edge, the right seal member extending into the right gap generally toward the right gunnel.