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 2348 Plans. Freeboards. Computation of. Antt, p. 22lI2. INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULy 5, 1930. Where superstructures are connected by trunks, open rails are to be fitted for the whole length of the weather portions of the freeboard deck. Rule CI.- Plans. Plans showing proposed fittings and arrangements are to be sub- mitted to the Assigning Authority for approval. Freeboards. Rule CIL-Oomputation oj Freeboard. When the Assigning Authority is satisfied that the foregoing requirements are fulfilled, the Summer freeboard may be computed from the Table for Tankers; all corrections except those for flush- deck steamers, detached superstructures, excess sheer, and winter voyages across the North Atlantic are to be made in accordance with Part III of the Rules. Rule CIlL-Deduction jor Detached Superstructures. Detachedsuperstruc· When the total effective length of superstructure is less than
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Excess sheer. Antt, p. 2322. 1.0 L, the deduction is a percentage of that for a superstructure of length 1.0 L, and is obtained from the follo"ing table:- TOTAL Effective Lengtb of Superstructures. TarmstroBot (talk) 21:34, 11 June 2014 (UTC) .4L .5L .6L .7L .8L .9L l.OL %%%%%%%%%%% All types____ 0 714213141526375.387.7100 Rule CIV.- Deduction jor Excess Sheer. Where the sheer is greater than the standard, the correction for excess sheer (see Rule LVII of Part III, Load Lines for Steamers) is deducted from the freeboard for all tankers. Rule LIX of Part III does not apply except that the maximum deduction for excess sheer is 1% inches at 100 feet and increases at the rate of 1% inches for each additional 100 feet in the length of the ship.