[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR45.39]

[Page 76]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 45_GREAT LAKES LOAD LINES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Load Line Marks
 
Sec. 45.39  Marking.

    (a) The diamond, lines, and letters must be painted in white or 
yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground and permanently 
marked on the sides of the vessel.
    (b) The upper edge of the line that passes through the center of the 
diamond must indicate summer freeboard assigned under Sec. 45.53.
    (c) Unless otherwise authorized the seasonal load lines must be 
horizontal lines extending forward of, and at right angles to, a 
vertical line marked at a distance 26 inches forward of the vertical 
centerline of the diamond as described in figure 2.
    (d) The salt water load lines must be horizontal lines extending 
abaft the vertical line required by paragraph (b) of this section as 
described in figure 2.
    (e) The upper edge of each seasonal and salt water load line mark 
must indicate the minimum freeboard for that mark.
    (f) When two freeboards assigned under this part differ by 2 inches 
or less, the line for the lesser freeboard must be omitted and the line 
for the greater freeboard must be identified with the seasonal letters 
for both freeboards.
    (g) Seasonal freeboards that are limited by a summer freeboard 
assigned under Sec. 45.53(c) must not be marked but the identifying 
letter must be marked adjacent to the summer mark.
    (h) The identity of the authority that assigns the freeboard must be 
indicated alongside the load line diamond above the horizontal line that 
passes through the center of the diamond with two initials approximately 
4\1/2\ inches high and 3 inches wide.