Personal watercraft with V-type engine

A personal type of watercraft having a hull, said hull providing a straddle-type seat adapted to carry at least one rider seated thereon in straddle fashion, a propulsion device for propelling said watercraft, an internal combustion engine carried by said hull and driving said propulsion device, a pair of fuel tanks carried by said hull on opposite sides of a longitudinal center line thereof, and means for delivering fuel from said fuel tanks to said engine for its operation.

A personal type of watercraft having a hull, said hull providing a straddle-type seat adapted to carry at least one rider seated thereon in straddle fashion, a propulsion device for propelling said watercraft, an internal combustion engine carried by said hull and driving said propulsion device, and a pair of passenger side seats each disposed on a respective side of said straddle-type seat at the rear thereof and at a substantially different level so that passengers seated on said side seats will be seated at a different height than an operator seated on said straddle-type seat.

A watercraft comprised of a hull defining a rider's area having a raised central seat for accommodating at least one rider seated thereon in straddle fashion, a pair of foot areas on opposite sides of said seat on which a rider may place his feet, and at least one storage compartment disposed beneath at least one of said foot areas.

A watercraft comprised of a hull defining a tunnel at the rear end thereof on its under side, a rider's area disposed above said tunnel in the upper portion of said hull, a straddle-type seat positioned centrally of said rider's area and adapted to accommodate at least one rider in straddle fashion, a pair of foot areas defined at the lower portion of said rider's area for receiving the feet of a rider seated upon said seat, a jet propulsion unit disposed at least in part in said tunnel and having an impeller shaft, said tunnel being defined at the forward end thereof by a first bulkhead, an engine compartment formed forwardly of said tunnel and defined at the rear end thereof by a second bulkhead, an engine in said engine compartment and having an output shaft, a drive shaft coupled at one end to said engine output shaft and at the other end to said impeller shaft for driving said impeller shaft from said engine output shaft, and first and second bearings supported by said first and said second bulkheads, respectively, for journalling said drive shaft.

A watercraft comprised of a hull defining a rider's area at the rear thereof, a steering control positioned at a forward portion of said rider's area for steering of said watercraft by a rider in said rider's area, a deck extending forwardly from said steering control and configured to accommodate a lying passenger, and cushioning means associated with said steering control on which said lying passenger may rest his head.