---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 45.73"
title: "46"
number: "45.73"
heading: "Winter freeboard."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/45.73"
---

# §45.73. Winter freeboard.


The minimum winter freeboard (fw) in inches is obtained by the formula:


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104, 5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.