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Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Oct 15, 2024
All TitlesTitle 46Chapter IPart 45Subpart C - Subpart C—Freeboards
View all text of Subpart C [§ 45.51 - § 45.77]
§ 45.71 - Midsummer freeboard.

The minimum midsummer freeboard (fms) in inches is obtained by the formula:

fms = f(s) − 0.3Ts where: f(s) = summer freeboard in inches Ts = distance in feet between top of keel and the summer load line.
authority: 46 U.S.C. 5104,5108; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 73-49R, 38 FR 12290, May 10, 1973, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 45.71
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