Marine engine assembly

A marine engine assembly for a watercraft comprising:

• a housing including
• an outer housing having a front wall,
• an inner housing disposed in the outer housing and being connected to the outer housing by at least one housing fastener disposed at at least one first position, the inner housing forming a high rise exhaust passage,
• a cover removably connected to the outer housing, and
• a gearcase connected to a lower portion of the outer housing;
• an internal combustion engine having a front face connected to and supported by the inner housing by at least one engine fastener disposed at at least one second position being different from the at least one first position, the inner housing being disposed at least in part between the front face of the internal combustion engine and the front wall of the outer housing, the internal combustion engine and the inner housing being housed in a volume defined between the outer housing and the cover, the internal combustion engine further comprising a crankshaft defining a crankshaft axis, the crankshaft axis intersecting the front wall of the outer housing;
• a driveshaft assembly comprising a driveshaft being operatively connected to the crankshaft and extending perpendicular to the crankshaft axis, the driveshaft being housed at least in part in the gearcase;
• and
• a propulsion device supported by the gearcase and being operatively connected to the crankshaft through the driveshaft assembly.