Patent ID: 7056171

Claim:
A water-jet propulsion personal watercraft comprising: a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above, the body being configured to form an engine room inside thereof in which an engine is mounted, and the deck being provided with a first opening configured to guide air from outside into the engine room; a steering handle provided on an upper portion of the body, the steering handle including a steering shaft having a base portion where the steering shaft intersects an upper surface of the deck; and a protruding portion configured to protrude forward and upward from an upper surface of a portion of the deck which is located forward of the base portion of the steering handle; wherein the first opening is provided on the upper surface of the deck at a position defined between the base portion of the steering shaft and a substantially center position between a front end portion of the body and the base portion of the steering shaft; and wherein the first opening is configured to open forward and has an upper edge portion which is formed by a front portion of the protruding portion.