[Public-list] Draft vs depth

[Gail DeMoss]

Soooo, what is the correct answer for the Documentation people for our 
lovely little 30 foot fiberglass sailboat?

Gail
Calypso #543

Michael Grosh wrote:

>>Michael J. Meinhold / SAIC
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>>Gross Registet Tonnage caclulations are just
>>as Byzantine. These numbers are used to determine shipping fees and/or
>>ship structural requirements and therefore affect the operating costs
>>and capital cost of a ship.
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>Not to mention wheelhouse licenses are based on Gross Tonnage restrictions. 
>Money is always the issue, isn't it?
>
>Moulded draft is always used to describe barges-it's what the barge can be 
>loaded to before a deck fitting is under water.
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>MichaelGrosh
>#220
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