1 Minimum Freeboard
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1 Minimum Freeboard

  1.1 The minimum freeboard shall be that freeboard at which the vessel meets the stability requirements as determined by a simplified stability proof test, carried out in accordance with regulation III/8 or other requirements that the Administration considers appropriate in relation to the type of vessel, its service and its area of operation. The minimum freeboard shall not be less than 250mm (10 inches). Where the least freeboard of the loaded vessel occurs abaft a point 0.75x the length of the vessel from the foreside of the foremost fixed permanent structure, the minimum freeboard shall be taken to be the freeboard measured at that point. The deepest load waterline shall be the loadline equivalent to the minimum freeboard.

  1.2 When demonstrating compliance with III/8.12 or .13, the freeboard shall be measured as follows:

  • .1 For a flush deck or well deck vessel, the freeboard shall be measured to the top of the weatherdeck at the side of the vessel; and

  • .2 For a cockpit vessel or for an open boat, the freeboard shall be measured to the top of the gunwale.

Parent topic: Part A - Freeboard
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