§45.77. Salt water freeboard.
46 C.F.R. § 45.77
The salt water addition in inches to freeboard applicable to each fresh water mark is obtained by the formula:
When the displacement at the summer load waterline cannot be certified, the addition in inches to the minimum freeboard in fresh water may be obtained by multiplying 0.25 by the summer draught in feet measured from the top of the keel to the center of the load line diamond.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
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.