You are loading in a port subject to the summer load line mark and bound for a port subject to the tropical load line mark. You will enter the tropical zone after steaming four days. You will consume 33 tons of fuel, water, and stores per day. The hydrometer reading at the loading pier is 1.006, and the average TPI is 66. What is the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage? Reference Table BL-0022 below.
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option A — 78 inches
Transit from summer to tropical zones permits loading down by the difference in seasonal marks, adjusted for daily consumption. 46 CFR Part 42 standards ensure adequate reserve buoyancy is maintained throughout all sequential oceanographic zones.
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