Exhaust system for engine powering a watercraft

Details Exhaust system for engine powering a watercraft Exhaust system for engine powering a watercraft

1997-10-31

2000-01-25

Swinehart, Ed

Marine propulsion

Means for accomodating or moving engine fluids

Means for handling exhaust gas

B63H 2132

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an exhaust system for an engine powering a water propulsion device of a watercraft having a hull with a front end and a rear end. The water propulsion device is positioned near the rear end of the watercraft, with the engine connected to the hull and positioned generally towards the front end of the watercraft from the water propulsion device and having an output shaft arranged to drive the water propulsion device. The engine has a fuel supply system including a fuel tank positioned towards the front end of the watercraft from the engine and generally at an end of the engine opposite the water propulsion device, the engine having an exhaust system defining an exhaust flow path from the engine towards the front end of the watercraft along a first side of the fuel tank and then along a second side of the fuel tank towards the rear of said watercraft to an exhaust discharge.

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