46 C.F.R. § 42.25-20
Computation for freeboard.
Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 42.25-20 (2026)
(a) The minimum summer freeboards must be computed in accordance with §§ 42.20-5 (a) and (b), 42.20-13, 42.20-15, 42.20-20, 42.20-25, 42.20-30, 42.20-35, 42.20-60, and 42.20-65, except that § 42.20-60 is modified by substituting the percentages in table 42.25-20(a) for those given in § 42.20-60:
Table 42.25-20(
a
)—Percentage of Deduction for Superstructure
[Total Effective Length of Superstructure]
0
0.1
L
0.2
L
0.3
L
0.4
L
0.5
L
0.6
L
0.7
L
0.8
L
0.9
L
1.0
L
Percentage of deduction for all types of superstructure
1
20
31
42
53
64
70
76
82
88
94
100
1
Percentages at intermediate lengths of superstructures shall be obtained by linear interpolation.
(b) The winter timber freeboard shall be obtained by adding to the summer timber freeboard one thirty-sixth of the molded summer timber draft.
(c) The winter North Atlantic timber freeboard shall be the same as the winter North Atlantic freeboard prescribed in § 42.20-75(d)(1).
(d) The tropical timber freeboard shall be obtained by deducting from the summer timber freeboard one forty-eighth of the molded summer timber draft.
(e) The fresh water timber freeboard shall be computed in accordance with § 42.20-75(e) (1) or (2) based on the summer timber load waterline.
[CGFR 68-60, 33 FR 10067, July 12, 1968, as amended by CGFR 68-126, 34 FR 9016, June 5, 1969; CGD 79-153, 48 FR 38650, Aug. 25, 1983]
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 42.20-542.20-6042.20-75