Freeboard
23.  When a ship is loaded with weights representing the full number of passengers and crew at 65 kilogrammes for each person, and with all the necessary fuel on board, the clear height of the top deck at the side or the top of the gunwale or covering board, as the case may be, above water at the lowest point, shall not be less than 0.40 metre where the ship is 6 metres or less than 6 metres in length and 0.60 metre where the ship is 24 metres or more than 24 metres in length. Where a ship is more than 6 and less than 24 metres in length the minimum height above water shall be determined by linear interpolation. The load line mark shall be marked on both port and starboard sides as shown in Part II of the First Schedule.