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2266 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1930. Amidships. POIt, p. 2292. Deck line. P03t, p. 2268. Load liDe disc. Lines used with disc. POll, p. 2350. P03l, p. 2268 . Summer. Winter. Amidships. -Amidships :i& the middle of the length of the summer load water-line, as defined in Rule XXXII. Rule II.- Deck Line. The deck line is a horizontal line twelve inches in length and one inch in breadth. It is to be marked amidships on each side of the ship, and its upper edge is to pass through the point where the continuation outwards of the upper surface of the freeboard deck intersects the outer surface of the shell. (See figure 1.) Where the deck is partly sheathed amidships, the uppel' edge of the deck line is to pass through the point where the continuation outwards of the upper surface of the actual sheathing at amidships intersects the outer surface of the shell. Rule III.-Load Line Disc. The load 1ine disc is twelve inches in diameter and is intersected by a horizontal line eighteen inches in length and one inch in breadth, the upper edge of which passes through the centre of the disc. The disc is to be marked amidships below the deck line. Rule IV. - Lines to be used in connection 'UJith tM Disc. The lines which indicate the maximum load line in different cir. cumstances and in different seasons (see Annex II) are to be horizontal lines, nine inches in length and one inch in breadth, which extend from, and are at right angles to, a vertical line marked 21 inchee forward of the centre of the disc (see figure 1). The following are the lines to be used:- Summer Load Line.- The Summer load line is indicated by the upper edge of the line which passes through the centre of the disc and also by a line marked S. Winter Load Line.-The Winter load line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked W. t.wV:inter North Atlan· Winter North Atlantic Load Line.- The Winter North Atlantic load line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked WNA. Tropical. Tropical Load Line.- The Tropical Load Line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked T.