You are loading in a port subject to the winter load line mark and bound for a port subject to the summer load line mark. You will enter the summer zone after steaming six days. You will consume 32 tons of fuel, water, and stores per day. The hydrometer reading at the loading pier is 1.005, and the average TPI is 65. What is the minimum freeboard required at the start of the voyage? Reference Table BL-0020 below.

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Option D: 81 inches. Calculate minimum required initial freeboard by referencing Table BL-0020, correcting for dock water density (1.005) via TPI (65), and factoring 6 days of consumption at 32 tons daily before entering the summer zone, establishing an 81-inch starting freeboard requirement.