Patent ID: 7101238

Claim:
A personal watercraft, comprising: a hull; a deck disposed on the hull; an engine compartment defined between the hull and the deck; a four stroke internal combustion engine disposed in the engine compartment, the engine comprising: a crankcase having a top, a bottom, two sides, two ends and a crankshaft rotatably mounted therein between the two ends; a cylinder head connected to the lop of the crankcase, the crankcase and the cylinder head forming at least one combustion cylinder chamber therebetween; at least one intake valve for the at least one combustion cylinder chamber; at least one exhaust valve for the at least one combustion chamber; a valve actuation assembly located in the cylinder head for actuating the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve; at least one air intake passageway connected to the at least one combustion cylinder; a propulsion unit operatively coupled to an end of the crankshaft; at least one air intake manifold operatively connected to the at least one air intake passageway; an air/water separating device in fluid communication with the air intake manifold for separating water out from the induction air; and a supercharger for boosting air to the air intake manifold arranged in fluid communication between the air/water separating device and the intake manifold.