Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Franc bord en charge avant...................... arrière

English translation:

loaded freeboard forward....................aft

Added to glossary by Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
Mar 18, 2017 18:22
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French term

Franc bord en charge avant

French to English Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime boat technical specification
Franc bord and charge avant:.........................................arrière.......................................

From a form to be filled out by the manufacturer or importer of a boat built outside France to obtain a registration number in France.
The form lists all the boat technical specification; such as:
- Franc bord en charge avant:........................................ arrière......................................
- Nombre maximum de personnes à bord
- Déplacement lège
- Mode de propulsion
- Nombre et types d'hélices
- Vitesse en service

It is the only line concerning/mentioning "franc board" and "charge".
FYI: the doted lines are where the information are to be written

Thanks for your help.

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French term (edited): franc bord en charge avant/arrière
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loaded freeboard forward/aft

I'm more used to seeing "loaded" than "laden" in this type of context. But both are used. Probably a question of preference.

Also, "freeboard forward/aft" is more common than "forward/aft freeboard". Again both are used.

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/fra/rapports-reports/marine/1995/m95w00...

Le surveillant du chargement et le second ont inspecté ensemble la barge « SEASPAN 195 » à 1 h 55. En se servant d'un ruban de sondage pour mesurer le franc-bord, on a établi le franc-bord moyen initial à 13 pi 3½ poNote de bas de page2 et le tirant d'eau moyen connexe à environ 2 po ¼ de plus que la valeur vérifiée pour le navire lège, soit 3 pi 7 po. On a donc décidé de déduire systématiquement environ 48,6 t dans toutes les estimations subséquentes du port en lourd. Une fois le franc-bord moyen initial établi, et après correction pour l'ajout d'une constante du navire lège et de la densité relative de l'eau de mer locale, on a calculé qu'un franc-bord en charge de 14 po correspondait à une cargaison de 3 500 à 3 600 t, ce qui équivalait apparemment à la quantité requise par l'affréteur.


http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/marine/1995/m95w00...

The cargo surveyor and the mate carried out a joint survey on the "SEASPAN 195" at 0155. Freeboards were measured using a sounding tape which gave an initial mean freeboard of 13 ft 3½ in.Footnote2, with a related mean draught some 2¼ n. greater than the verified lightship figure of 3 ft 7 in., and led to the adoption of a constant deduction of some 48.6 t in all subsequent deadweight estimates. Once the initial mean freeboard was established, and after due allowance for the addition of a lightship constant and local seawater density, it was calculated that a loaded freeboard of 14 in. would equate to a cargo of between 3,500 and 3,600 t, which, reportedly, was the amount requested by the charterer.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Yes, the 'en charge' is of course separate from the 'avant', which relates instead to the franc bord.
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