Correction to the freeboard for vessels under 328 feet in length.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 46
  3. Shipping
  4. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  5. Load Lines
  6. Domestic and Foreign Voyages by Sea
  7. Freeboards
  8. Correction to the freeboard for vessels under 328 feet in length.

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§ 42.20-20 Correction to the freeboard for vessels under 328 feet in length.

(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.

[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10064, July 12, 1968]


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