[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR196.15-5]

[Page 401]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 196_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart 196.15_Test, Drills, and Inspections
 
Sec. 196.15-5  Drafts.

    (a) The master of every vessel on an ocean, coastwise, or Great 
Lakes voyage shall enter the drafts of the vessel, forward and aft, in 
the official logbook when leaving port.
    (b) On vessels subject to the requirements of Subchapter E (Load 
Lines) of this chapter at the time of departure from port on an ocean, 
coastwise, or Great Lakes voyage, the master shall insert in the 
official logbook a statement of the position of the loadline mark, port, 
and starboard, in relation to the surface of the water in which the 
vessel is then floating.
    (1) When an allowance for draft is made for density of the water in 
which the vessel is floating, this density is to be noted in the 
official logbook.