Patent ID: 6932663

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising: a body including a hull and a deck joined to the hull from above; an engine having a plurality of fuel injectors arranged along a longitudinal direction of the watercraft; and a fuel supply system associated with the engine, the fuel supply system including: a fuel tank configured to store a fuel supplied to the engine and to have an outlet port from which the fuel outflows and a return port through which the fuel is returned to the fuel tank; a fuel distribution pipe configured to extend in a direction in which the fuel injectors are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the watercraft, and to be connected to each of the fuel injectors; a fuel supply pipe fluidically connecting the outlet port of the fuel tank and an upstream end portion of the fuel distribution pipe; and a fuel return pipe fluidically connecting the return port of the fuel tank and a downstream end portion of the fuel distribution pipe; wherein the fuel distribution pipe is configured to extend such that the upstream end portion thereof is located lower than the downstream end portion thereof in a direction substantially perpendicular to a gunnel line forming a joint portion at which the hull and the deck are jointed to each other while the watercraft is at rest.