Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 4 - Construction, Subdivision and Stability - Part IV - Subdivision Loadline Assignment - 4.20 Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Load Lines:
4.20 Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Load Lines:
(1) In order that the required degree of subdivision shall be maintained a load line corresponding to the approved subdivision draught shall be assigned and marked on the ship’s sides;
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the subdivision load lines assigned and marked shall be recorded in the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, and shall be distinguished by the notation P1 for the principal passenger service configuration, and P2, P3, etc., for the alternative configurations and the principal passenger configuration shall be taken as the mode of operation in which the required subdivision index R will have the highest value.
(3) Where assessed using the deterministic means in accordance with Part VI of this Chapter, the subdivision load lines assigned and marked shall be recorded in the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate and shall be distinguished by the notation C.1 for the principal passenger condition and C.2, C.3, etc., for the alternative conditions.
(4) The freeboard corresponding to each of these load lines shall be measured at the same position and from the same deck line as the freeboards determined in accordance with the International Convention on Load Lines in force. (See also section 2.3 and 2.4 of Chapter 2 of the Code.)
(5) The freeboard corresponding to each approved subdivision load line and the service configuration, for which it is approved, shall be clearly indicated on the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate.
(6) In no case shall any subdivision load line mark be placed above the deepest load line in salt water as determined by the strength of the ship or the International Convention on Load Lines in force.
(7) Whatever may be the position of the subdivision load line marks, a ship shall in no case be loaded so as to submerge the load line mark appropriate to the season and locality as determined in accordance with the International Convention on Load Lines in force.
(8) A ship shall in no case be so loaded that when it is in salt water the subdivision load line mark appropriate to the particular voyage and service configuration is submerged.
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