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Freeboard: - 1. Vertical distance from the normal water surface to the top of a confining wall. 2. Vertical distance from the sand surface to the underside of a trough in a sand filter.
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Will levees and dams hold?  -  Jul 23, 2008
Monitor,That space is referred to as a freeboard. There needs to be at least two feet of space from the top of flood waters to the top of the levees in the internal

Pakistan clears Baglihar project  -  Aug 1, 2008
Economic Times,Besides, it also wanted reducing the dam freeboard by 1.5 metres and lowering the pondage of the dam from existing 37.722 million cubic meters to 32.56 mcms

IDEM to investigate  -  Jul 11, 2008
Winchester News Gazette,..."Union-Go is not out of compliance because they have maintained their required 24 inches of freeboard," Sneed said. Freeboard is the distance that must be

Second Picchiotti Vitruvius announced  -  Jul 18, 2008
Superyacht News,The high freeboard will ensure great seaworthiness and safety in the roughest seas, while the superstructure is designed to allow the passengers to be close

Town gets big break on flood insurance  -  Jul 15, 2008
South County Spotlight,Enforcing regulations that require freeboard for new and substantial remodeled existing construction. Enforcing regulations pertaining to storm water

BULLETIN BOARD  -  Aug 1, 2008
Contra Costa Times,The concert features Led Kaapana with his slack key guitar, dazzling audiences with his freeboard improvisations and wide-ranging vocals.

93--PROVIDE A FULL 20 X 21 FOOT MODULAR FLOATING DOCK TO THE YUKON ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Floatation shall provide between 9 and 11 inches of freeboard under dead-load and 20 psf uniform live load.6. The deck surface shall be able to resist a

Engineer: Liberty CAFO would be different  -  Jul 30, 2008
Palladium-Item,..."The facility will far exceed the 180-day storage requirement, with adequate freeboard (the space between the waste and the lagoon top) to allow for rain,"

tri arts calendar  -  Jul 29, 2008
Contra Costa Times,The concert features Led Kaapana with his slack key guitar, dazzling audiences with his freeboard improvisations and wide-ranging vocals.

Balance And 'Feel'  -  Jul 29, 2008
BassFan.comNow he finds his socks from marine dealers that cater to large cabin cruisers and other boats with significant freeboard. He runs as many drift socks off

Mexican navy seizes cocaine sub  -  Jul 18, 2008
BBC News,..."This is going to force us to intensify our aerial surveillance, because the freeboard (distance from the deck to the water) of this sub is not detected by

'I got a bite' - fisherman's last words  -  Jul 17, 2008
The Age,However, it would have been prudent to keep them on while fishing - especially given the challenging conditions, a low freeboard, the anglers' age,

Marine Supply Shifts To Saltwater Boats  -  Jul 25, 2008
The Ledger,..."It will have a very low freeboard, and it's built on a Hewes flats boat hull. And it's very fast.'' Marine Supply also sells bay boats - Cobia, Sea Pro,

Marietta's levee plan unveiled  -  Jul 24, 2008
Columbia Ledger,An impervious vinyl layer would be built on the riverside slope as well as a freeboard wall rising three feet above the tracks. In addition, 12 new drainage

Tri Arts calendar  -  Jul 23, 2008
Inside Bay Area,The concert features Led Kaapana with his slack key guitar, dazzling audiences with his freeboard improvisations and wide-ranging vocals.

Amador City pitches in recreation funds, plans Prop. 1B money for ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,..."We have freeboard space for three days," Lynch responded, "and, rather than install a generator, we will likely get an automated alarm.

M c Clatchy Newspapers  -  Jul 19, 2008
The Olympian,Heavily loaded small boats, and those with little freeboard, are more susceptible to swamping from weather or wake action. n It's a long day: A full day in

What a catch! Log for 7/18/08 issue  -  Jul 18, 2008
Beach Bulletin,This usually happens to boats with a high freeboard. Try this: Throw a dock line over the anchor line to pull the anchor line 3 feet or 4 feet off center.

Public Invited to See New FEMA Flood Plain Maps  -  Jul 18, 2008
Syosset Jericho Tribune,...of the land... although there are people who elevate their structures and in New York State, a two foot freeboard: 2 ft. above baseline is allowed.

bULLETIN BOARD  -  Jul 17, 2008
Inside Bay Area,The concert features Led Kaapana with his slack key guitar, dazzling audiences with his freeboard improvisations and wide-ranging vocals.

The Monaco Yacht Show superyacht list  -  Jul 17, 2008
Superyacht News,Skylge - the Frisian word for the Dutch island of Terschelling - has slim low-freeboard lines, long overhangs and a modest pilothouse.

Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Affordable Boat Options  -  Jul 16, 2008
Amplifier,The freeboard is much higher on these boats, so they may withstand boat wakes and waves. They are also rated for a small outboard motor,

Transpacific Yacht Clubs Tahiti Race: Chris Welsh's Ragtime beats ...  -  Jul 7, 2008
BYM News (press release),...low-freeboard (and wet) one of a kind boat that by many accounts became the single most influential offshore racer of the last half-century.

Arrest logs  -  Jul 6, 2008
Pensacola News Journal,Manervia Williams, 44, 1000 block of Freeboard Boulevard, aggravated battery. î?® Krista Lynn Kuffler, 29, 1800 block of West Cervantes Street, theft.

Manslaughter charges call over Malu Sara  -  Jul 5, 2008
Torres News,Malu Sara had a watertight cockpit floor, reserve buoyancy, deck and engine-pod drainage; and that the vessel had positive freeboard when fully loaded.

5-year-old drowns near Rainier  -  Jul 13, 2008
Longview Daily News,This meant the boat had about 3 inches of freeboard, and not a life jacket aboard. Hey we were fishermen; not boaters, which must be obvious.

Fishing reports  -  Jul 11, 2008
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,Heavily loaded small boats and those with little freeboard such as bass boats, are more susceptible to swamping from weather or wake action associated with

Boating tips boost safety for watery fun  -  Jul 9, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,Heavily loaded small boats, and those with little freeboard, are more susceptible to swamping from weather or wake action. - It's a long day: A full day in

Hawaiiâ€™s Back Yard  -  02 Dec 2007
Honolulu Star-Bulletin,..."Her freeboard was purposely kept low so you can get a close-up feel whether you're on the main deck or the observation deck getting a look down into deeper

County pork producer negotiating settlements  -  Nov 30, 2007
Muncie Star Press,Tielen is accused of knowingly or intentionally failing to maintain the required minimum freeboard of two feet in a lagoon holding 12 million gallons of hog

Corps not biting off more than it can chew  -  Nov 30, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,Puebloâ€™s levees lack sufficient freeboard - a safety zone above the crest of a 100-year flood - in the reach of Fountain Creek just upstream of the

USS Alamogordo, floating drydock  -  Nov 26, 2007
Alamogordo Daily News,..."The sides of the floating drydock have tanks that are flooded, which sinks the ship down to the point where there is almost no freeboard between the top of

Coast Guard to hold crab vessels safety checks  -  Nov 26, 2007
The Daily Astorian,These spot checks of freeboard and watertight integrity, survival suits, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), and liferafts are meant to

Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports ...  -  Nov 3, 2007
NavyTimes.com,Graduates are qualified for Level 2 noncompliant boardings on ships with a freeboard of 25 feet or less. They do not participate in Level 3 boardings,

Looks Can Be Deceiving  -  Nov 15, 2007
Tampa Tribune,Lacoss, like many anglers here, runs a bay boat, allowing him access to most of the shallow creeks but still providing adequate freeboard to head into the

Husky Rowers Finish Fall Season Sunday  -  Nov 10, 2007
CSTV.com,Rowing shells, which have just a few inches of freeboard - the distance from the water's surface to the top of the boat's gunwale, can take-on water in

Careful boaters can avoid six common winterizing mistakes  -  Nov 8, 2007
News & Observer,LEAVING OPEN BOATS IN THE WATER OVER WINTER: Boats with large open cockpits or low freeboard easily can be pushed underwater by the weight of accumulated

Marine waters in Rapu-rapu safe: DENR  -  Nov 6, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),DENR technical experts said there would be no probability of an overflow since the tailing pond freeboard had been maintained at minus 10 meters and the

UK. Crew winched to safety from Smit Cymyran aground east of Skerries  -  Aug 20, 2007
BYM News (press release),The coastguard had hoped to put the master and chief engineer back on the vessel, but it has been decided there was not enough freeboard.

LIDs Race To Build Up Their Levees Before FEMA Releases New Flood Map  -  Aug 3, 2007
FortBendNow,To be certified, FEMA requires all levees to include at least 3 feet of â€œfreeboard,â€? which is the amount of the clay-and-grass structureâ€™s height that rises

National 12 Burton Week - Round-up  -  Aug 12, 2007
Sail World,Dare Barry brought his latest Pudding design, which has higher freeboard for more leg room and a modified buoyancy layout. Jo Richards sailed his original

BAE Systems Wins Work on Coast Guard Cutter Monsoon  -  Aug 21, 2007
PCB007 (press release),The general scope of work, which is set to begin on September 26, includes hull and freeboard painting; repairs on the rudder, shafts and sea valves;

raphael vassallo  -  Aug 20, 2007
Malta Today,Even her chief engineer, Jimmy Wyld, is reported to have observed: â€œLook at that freeboardâ€¦ I canâ€™t think how she stays afloat.

Harbormasters struggle to make no-wake zone stick  -  Aug 18, 2007
The Daily News of Newburyport,Many of the boats out in the river, especially those with outboard motors, have very short freeboard, the distance between the top of the boat and the

IF FRIOUL EXPRESS FERRY TERMINAL SETS STANDARD FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY  -  Aug 14, 2007
The Triton (press release),35 inch freeboard, 13 foot wide walkways, handrails, single and double flow gangways, and quality lighting were incorporated into the design to allow

'You couldn't believe your eyes'; Sinking renews worries about ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
The Daily News of Newburyport,But, he said, Palmer's boat is not a big one, and its freeboard - the amount of boat above the waterline - is very short, making it unsafe for the mouth of

Jerry's View - The man of a thousand disasters  -  Aug 13, 2007
West Seattle,I forgot about the six inches of freeboard and leaned over. Mistake. It capsized right in front of the boys. I swam to shore, and it destroyed our peanut

We should all do our part to mitigate flood damages in Miss.  -  Aug 12, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,The 500-year flood level plus the additional freeboard height is considered a minimum protection standard for levees protecting urban areas.

New maps expand Lucas County flood plain; changes will be costly ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
Toledo Blade,Among the changes adopted was a restoration of a one-foot high â€œfreeboardâ€? around local waterways that was â€œaccidentallyâ€? eliminated six years ago,

Roundup Of Hot New Bass Gear Continues  -  Aug 7, 2007
BassFan.comSelect models feature a telescopic tube that extends from 24" to 40" for boats with additional freeboard. Runs on six AA batteries.

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