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Criterion for vessels of unusual proportion and form.
    ` "Criterion for vessels of unusual proportion and form" (CFR 46 170.173)
    
    proj 170173
    
    
    MACRO ParB
    LIMIT TITLE "170.173 Paragraph b"
    UNIT LT
    LIMIT (1) GM UPRIGHT > 0.49
    LIMIT (2) RA AT 30 OR MAX > 0.66
    LIMIT (3) ANGLE AT MAX > 25
    LIMIT (4) AREA FROM 0 TO ABS 30 > 10.3
    LIMIT (5) AREA FROM 0 TO ABS 40 OR FLD > 16.9
    LIMIT (6) AREA FROM ABS 30 TO ABS 40 OR FLD > 5.6
    /
    
    
    MACRO ParC
    LIMIT TITLE "170.173 Paragraph c"
    UNIT LT
    LIMIT (1) GM UPRIGHT > 0.49
    LIMIT (2) ANGLE AT MAX > 15
    LIMIT (3) AREA FROM 0 TO ABS 40 OR FLD > 16.9
    LIMIT (4) AREA FROM ABS 30 TO ABS 40 OR FLD > 5.6
    LIMIT (5) AREA FROM 0 TO MAX AT 15 > 13.1
    LIMIT (6) AREA FROM 0 TO MAX AT 30 > 10.3
    /
    
    read sv.gf
    report
    
    UNIT MT
    crtpt "Engine Room Intake" 12.5f, 5.85, 9.5 /SYMM
    UNIT LT
    
    MACRO MaxVCG
    vcg=10 `floor
    maxvcg 10, 11, 12 /trim: -1, 0, 1
    /
    
    .ParB
    .MaxVCG
    
    LIMIT OFF
    .ParC
    .MaxVCG
    
    macro d
    `Checks limit margins at max VCG for given LCF draft and trim.
    heel=0
    trim=%2
    draft=%1
    solve weight, lcg
    vcg=max
    solve lcg
    vcg=max
    \\The following case is at trim = %2, displacement = {weight:2}\
    ra /lim /notab
    /
    macro t
    `Covers range of drafts as in MAXVCG at given trim.
    .d 10 %1
    .d 11 %1
    .d 12 %1
    /
    
    LIMIT(9) ANGLE FROM MAX TO 30 > 0
    maxvcg valid
    page
    \\Checking limit margins at maximum VCG as determined by Paragraph c\
    \>>> Check to make sure that limit #9 is positive for all cases <<<\
    \If so, Paragraph c applies.\
    
    `Trims as in MAXVCG:
    .t -1
    .t 0
    .t 1
    
    report off
    end
    
    
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