Patent ID: 8751158

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising: a hull; a deck covering the hull; an engine disposed in an inner space defined by the hull and the deck; a water jet pump driven by the engine and causing an impeller to rotate to obtain a propulsion force; a handle having a pair of right and left grip portions; a handle pad configured to cover a region of the handle, the region being located between the pair of grip portions, the handle pad having a hollow shape and being made of elastic resin; a load absorbing member disposed in an inner space of the handle pad so that the handle pad is configured to effectively absorb a shock generated when a rider bumps against the handle pad during driving of the watercraft; an electronic control unit configured to control the engine; and an external connector configured to communicatively couple the electronic control unit to a portable information device accommodated in an accommodating concave portion and configured to receive and transmit GPS based signals from the portable information device to the electronic control unit; wherein the handle pad is provided on an upper surface thereof with the accommodating concave portion configured to be opposite to the rider and accommodate therein the portable information device detachably such that the portable information device is entirely disposed inside the concave portion of the handle pad and does not protrude outside therefrom; and the electronic control unit calculates a driving speed from the GPS based signals which is received via the external connector and controls an engine speed of the engine such that the driving speed is not higher than a predetermined upper limit value.