GroundRules
46 CFR 42.20-20: -20 Correction to the freeboard for vessels under 328 feet in length.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER E—LOAD LINES
- PART 42—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VOYAGES BY SEA
- Subpart 42.20—Freeboards
(a) The tabular freeboard for a Type “B” vessel of between 79 feet and 328 feet in length having enclosed superstructures with an effective length of up to 35 percent of the length of the vessel shall be increased by:
0.09 (328−L) [0.35−(E/L)] inches
where:
L = length of vessel in feet.
E = effective length of superstructure in feet as defined in § 42.20-50.
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