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                BOAT  -  CLASS RULES
                           The
                        Union Internationale Motonautique -
                        UIM - is the world governing body for power
                        boats, racing, offshore, aquabike, pleasure navigation
                        and radio control.  The following is an extract:-   RULE
                        No. 591 Electric Propelled Boats 591.01
                        - Electric propelled boats are accepted as International
                        series. 591.02
                        - These boats are not intended to race, though they can
                        attempt World Records. 591.03
                        - Electric - The whole of the energy required shall be
                        stored and carried on board.  While the boat is
                        being timed over the measured distance no external
                        addition of energy shall be permitted and no addition to the stored energy shall be permitted from an
                        internal combustion engine carried on board. 591.04
                        - The hull is free. 606.06
                        - In speed records, the time elapsing between the two
                        runs must not exceed 20 minutes or the attempt is not
                        valid. These
                        rules were approved and adopted on the 11th March 1989.   UIM
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