GroundRules
46 CFR 69.183: Figures.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER G—DOCUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS
- PART 69—MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS
- Subpart D —Dual Regulatory Measurements System
(a) Tonnage mark with an equilateral triangle and a line for fresh and tropical waters.
W= 1/48 of the distance from the top of the flat keel to the tonnage mark. (See § 69.177(b)(2).)
(b) Tonnage mark location if the load line mark is not placed as though the second deck were the freeboard deck.
k = a distance between 21 inches and six feet six inches.
a = distance derived from Table 69.177(a)(5).
(c)—Tonnage mark location if the load line mark is placed as though the second deck were the freeboard deck.
k = a distance between 21 inches and six feet six inches.
a = the distance between the line of the second deck and the uppermost part of the load line grid.
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