(a) Tonnage mark with an equilateral triangle and a line for fresh and tropical waters.
W= 1⁄48 of the distance from the top of the flat keel to the tonnage mark. (See §69.177(b)(2).)
(b) Tonnage mark location if the load line mark is not placed as though the second deck were the freeboard deck.
k = a distance between 21 inches and six feet six inches.
a = distance derived from Table 69.177(a)(5).
(c)—Tonnage mark location if the load line mark is placed as though the second deck were the freeboard deck.
k = a distance between 21 inches and six feet six inches.
a = the distance between the line of the second deck and the uppermost part of the load line grid.
[CGD 87-015b, 54 FR 37657, Sept. 12, 1989, as amended by USCG-2011-0522, 81 FR 18732, Mar. 31, 2016]
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