Foam maintenance center for personal watercraft

A jet-propelled persons watercraft comprising:

• a hull including a bottom hull and a top deck secured over the bottom hull, the hull defining an engine compartment sized to contain an internal combustion engine for powering a jet propulsion unit, the jet propulsion unit including a steerable water discharge nozzle, the top deck having a raised, longitudinally extending seat adapted to accommodate an operator in straddle fashion;
• a foam piece disposed within the hull, wherein the foam piece has a cavity therein for at least partially receiving a battery, wherein the cavity has a foam cavity floor;
• and
• a battery disposed directly within the foam cavity against the foam cavity floor.

A method for housing engine electronics equipment in a personal watercraft having a top deck secured to a bottom hull to form a hull interior within, the method comprising:

• providing the personal watercraft;
• providing a foam piece adapted to be disposed within the hull interior space, the foam piece having at least one battery cavity formed therein adapted to at least partially contain a battery, wherein the foam further comprises at least one engine electronics control box cavity adapted to at least partially contain an engine electronics control box;
• and
• disposing the foam piece within the hull.

A jet-propelled personal watercraft comprising:

• a hull including a bottom hull and a top deck secured over the bottom hull, the hull defining an engine compartment sized to contain an internal combustion engine for powering a jet propulsion unit, the jet propulsion unit including a steerable water discharge nozzle, the top deck having a raised, longitudinally extending seat adapted to accommodate an operator in straddle fashion;
• a foam piece disposed within the hull;
• and
• a battery secured to the foam piece disposed within the hull, wherein the battery is secured to the foam with at least one strap.