---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 69.207"
title: "46"
number: "69.207"
heading: "Measurements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/69.207"
---

# §69.207. Measurements.

- (a) All lengths and depths must be measured in a vertical plane at centerline and breadths must be measured in a line at right angles to that plane. All dimensions must be expressed in feet and inches to the nearest inch or in feet and tenths of a foot to the nearest tenth of a foot.
- (b) For a multi-hull vessel, each hull must be measured separately for overall length, breadth, and depth and the vessel as a whole must be measured for registered length, breadth, and depth.
- (c) The Coast Guard may verify dimensions of vessels measured under this subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18734, Mar. 31, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2301, 14103, 14104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18734, Mar. 31, 2016]