Personal watercraft

A personal watercraft comprising:

• a body;
• a driving power source mounted in the body;
• a water jet pump driven by the driving power source to eject a water jet in a rearward direction;
• a handle bar gripped by a rider;
• a rider operation member provided at a grip on one side of the handle bar, the rider operation member being operated by the rider to be movable to an acceleration position for providing a forward movement command, a deceleration position for providing a rearward movement command, and a neutral position for providing an idling command, the neutral position being set to a position between the acceleration position and the deceleration position in a movement path of the rider operation member;
• a position sensor which detects an operation position of the rider operation member;
• and
• a control unit which controls the driving power source in response to a detection signal of the position sensor,
• wherein the rider operation member includes a detected section whose position is detected by the position sensor, a first operation section which operates the detected section toward the acceleration position, and a second operation section which operates the detected section toward the deceleration position,
• wherein the first operation section protrudes forward of an axis of the grip and the second operation section protrudes rearward of the axis of the grip,
• wherein the first operation section and the second operation section are provided on an inner side of the grip, and a tip end of the second operation section is located inward of a tip end of the first operation section in a rightward and leftward direction, and
• wherein an upper end of an operation surface of the second operation section is located below the grip.