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USCG documentation application declined - net tonnage too low

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Dolce_Vita:
Adnaan,

  In your first post, you stated that you filled in the form with a draft of 4 1/2 feet.  From my reading of the simplified measurement rules, draft does not play a part in the calculation.  Is it possible that you submitted the draft measurement where they wanted the "depth" measurement? "Depth" on a sailboat hull is the measurement from the toerail to the bottom of the keel.  On the 323, this would be the draft PLUS the freeboard, somewhere in the vicinity of 6 ft.  If you used 4 1/2 ft as the hull depth, this would erroneously cause the Net Tonnage to be calculated as under 5.

Adnaan:
Dolce_Vita - That's IT! Silly mistake to make.
Deck house doesn't count, because it's less than the volume of the hull. But I'll still pass muster.

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