46 CFR 45.77
§ 45.77 Salt water freeboard.
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- 46 CFR 45.77, § 45.77 Salt water freeboard, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/224781
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(a) The salt water addition in inches to freeboard applicable to each fresh water mark is obtained by the formula:
where:
(b) When the displacement at the summer load waterline cannot be certified, the addition in inches to the minimum freeboard in fresh water may be obtained by multiplying 0.25 by the summer draught in feet measured from the top of the keel to the center of the load line diamond.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.