In a personal watercraft and a buffer member of the present invention, a
gunnel or the buffer member (bumper) functions as a sponson. An
elongate-plate shaped sponson portion is protruded in a lower portion of a
corner bumper provided on a side portion of a body along the longitudinal
direction of the body. The sponson portion extends such that its
longitudinal direction substantially corresponds with the longitudinal
direction of the body. A rear end portion of the sponson portion has a
width larger than that of a front end portion thereof. The corner bumper
functions as the sponson as well as the conventional buffer member.
