Guideline
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Guideline

 Where dispensation from trimming of under-deck void spaces is granted in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3(c), the angle of grain shift should be assumed to be 25° to the horizontal. However, if any section of the hold, i.e. forward abaft, or abreast of the hatchway, the mean, transverse area of the void in that section is equal to or less than the void area which would obtain if the section was trimmed as required by regulation 3(a), then the angle of grain shift in that section may be assumed to be at 15° to the horizontal.

Parent topic: 17 Assumed volumetric heeling moment of a filled compartment, untrimmed
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