You are loading in a port subject to the winter load line mark and bound for a port subject to the tropical load line mark. You will enter the summer zone after steaming four days, and you will enter the tropical zone after a total of twelve days. You will consume 39 tons of fuel, water, and stores per day. The hydrometer reading at the loading pier is 1.025, and the average TPI is 49. What is the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage? Reference Table BL-0010 below.

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Option A: 90 inches. Determine minimum starting freeboard per load line assignment tables by accounting for intermediate zone allowances and total fuel/water consumption over twelve days at 39 tons per day, adjusted for salt water density (1.025) and vessel TPI of 49, resulting in 90 inches.