UIM · Hull and handling
Ski division only.
The 75-degree minimum pole movement is a UIM-only requirement with no IJSBA equivalent. A pole or bracket that limits travel below 75 degrees fails UIM tech even if it is fine under IJSBA.
17 classes, grouped by the answer rather than listed one by one, because an answer that holds for a class usually holds for every class that borrows its rules. 5 of them publish no component rules of their own and are marked below; for those, the link to the parent class is read from the categories table rather than stated in the rulebook.
Governed by the parent class 8 classes
No component rules are published for this class and no single parent class is named, so this part cannot be answered for it. That is an absence in the rulebook, not a permission.
Legal, within limits 3 classes
Same, plus the pole must be mounted in front of the engine compartment with MINIMUM 75 DEGREES of movement. · 501.02.01.07, 501.02.02.10
Legal, within limits 3 classes
75-degree movement requirement applies. No other pole article. · 501.04.01.06
Legal, within limits 1 class
Same 75-degree requirement. · 501.03.01.06
Legal 2 classes
Handle pole and mounting bracket may be modified or aftermarket provided they function as originally designed. The attaching point may be reinforced. The spring may be modified or aftermarket. 501.01.02.09/.10
Aftermarket handle pole and mounting bracket: if the rule your class applies reads differently to you, or the rulebook has changed since this was read, ask. We answer with the section we read it from, or that we have not read it. Ask a rules question.
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Hull and handling · two and four stroke · legal outright in 9 of 17