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Runabout Limited

IJSBA2022, RAL. A closed-list class. The craft must stay stock except where the rules allow otherwise, so anything unlisted is not permitted.

Open questions on this class (4)

Places where the rulebook contradicts itself, or where a figure could not be settled. Nothing in this list is decided, and it sits here rather than in a footnote because it is what you would want before spending money.

  • No four-stroke exhaust rule appears. Confirmed by a second targeted fetch - a real gap.
  • No weight rule, no rider age/licence, no racing number rule, no numeric boost limit, no eligible-model list.
  • Wear ring rules are not restated - legality depends on RAL.1.1 inheritance from Stock.
  • 2022 document, predates the 2025 Superstock and RNA documents.

What the rules say (58 parts)

43 permitted outright, 3 answered by our reading of the class rather than by a quoted rule, 4 the rules do not settle. Grouped by the answer, because an open class gives one answer to most questions and printing it once per part would say the same sentence forty times.

Not permitted, not listed in the rulesOur reading, not a rule we can quote at you. This class requires the craft to stay stock except where the rules allow otherwise, and this part is not on the list.

OEM part required1 part

Modifying the OEM waterbox is prohibited. RAL.4.7

Governed by the parent class1 part

Not restated - resolve via RAL.1.1 inheritance from Stock.

Legal, within limits1 part

ECU may be modified OR aftermarket, provided it offers no additional inputs or outputs and uses original connections. RAL.7.2

Legal, within limits1 part

Must fit the OEM battery box and be securely fastened. GP/Open/Freestyle/Sport GP additionally allow an additional battery, a new box and relocation.

Legal, within limits1 part

May be rebuilt or replaced provided counterweight shape, dimensions and material type, OEM stroke, rod length and journal diameters are retained; +/-5.00% assembly weight. RAL.3.3

Legal, within limits1 part

Aftermarket retainers with OEM springs; valves, seats, springs and pushrods may be modified or aftermarket. Titanium prohibited unless originally equipped.

Legal, within limits1 part

Extension may not be wider than the OEM plate, sides must be connected and radiused, and no fins, rudders or skegs. Max extension beyond the OEM plate: 100.00mm (3.94 in) Ski and Sport, 177.80mm (7.00 in) Runabout.

Legal, within limits1 part

Full-length type with at least one bar parallel to the drive shaft, all leading edges radiused, extending no more than 12.00mm (0.47 in) below the flat plane of the pump intake area.

Legal, within limits1 part

Max TWO. Max 63.5mm drop - increased from Stock.

Legal, within limits1 part

Padding and/or mat kits may be added in every class. Where footwells exist they must be BLOCKED OFF during competition with no indentation into the footwell sides.

Legal, within limits1 part

Replacement bumpers allowed provided no hazard is created. A soft flexible water-spray deflector may attach to the hull sides or bond flange, not extending beyond the perimeter of the OE bumper or side moldings as measured by plumb line. A permanently affixed IJSBA-approved nose bumper is REQUIRED under GEN.8.12.

Legal, within limits1 part

Allowed in essentially every class. Universal prohibitions: no manually controlled devices that alter cooling water flow during operation, no electronically controlled valves or water injection unless original equipment, and in most stock classes no NEW fittings added to the cylinder head, cylinder or crankcase.

Legal, within limits1 part

Constant mass only, within the normally exposed areas of the hull, creating no hazard and requiring no modification or relocation of other parts. Water and any other fluid ballast is prohibited in every class.

Legal1 part

Must meet USCG, SAE J-1928 Marine or UL-1111 Marine backfire flame arrester standards.

Legal1 part

Modified or aftermarket filler cap allowed provided no hazard is created. The FILLER and RELIEF VALVE themselves must stay OEM.

Legal1 part

Intercoolers may be modified or aftermarket. Mechanical intercooler pressure relief valves permitted. RAL.5.1, RAL.3.6

Legal1 part

The original bilge pump may be modified or disconnected and aftermarket bilge draining systems are allowed, provided no hazard is created.

Legal1 part

Replacement engine mounts are allowed in every class that addresses them. Ski GP, Vintage and Freestyle additionally allow a modified or aftermarket ENGINE BED with the engine repositioned in the hull.

IJSBA 2022, RAL, read from the rulebook on 2026-09-07, not verified by a racer. Read the rule yourself. Every IJSBA class · where the rulebooks differ.

This is one class. Every part below also has a page of its own showing where it stands across every class this body runs, and legality by part is the index of them.

58 parts read · 43 permitted outright · 2022 rulebook

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