(a) The minimum summer freeboard must be increased by the deficiency, or may be decreased by the excess as limited by §45.65, of sheer calculated from table 4, multiplied by:

0.75—(S/2L)

where S is the total length of enclosed superstructures. Trunks are not included.


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