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3.2 Freeboard length

3.2.1 For ships having a service notation other than passenger ships or ro-ro passenger ship, the freeboard length LLL is the distance, in m, on the waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth from the top of the keel, measured from the forward side of the stem to the centre of the rudder stock. LLL is to be not less than 96% of the total length on the same waterline. 3.2.2 In ship design with a rake of keel, the waterline on which this length is measured is parallel to the designed waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth Dmin found by drawing a line parallel to the keel line of the ship (including skeg) tangent to the moulded sheer line of the freeboard deck.The least moulded depth is the vertical distance measured from the top of the keel to the top of the freeboard deck beam at side at the point of tangency (See Fig 2). Figure 2 : Length of ships with a rake of keel

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