Section 2 Keels

201. Construction and Scantlings

1. Keels are to be as continuous from fore end to after end as practicable.

2. The breadth or girth length and thickness of keel laminates over the whole length of the ship are not to be less than obtained from the following formula. In no case, however, is the thickness to be less than that of the adjacent bottom shell laminates. And, the breadth or girth length need not exceed 0.2 Æ .

Breadth or girth length Thickness

: 530 +14.6 Ã (mm )

: 9 +0.4 Ã (mm )