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draft
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vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel)
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Graphical representation of the waterline of a ship (blue line), absent a lower projecting keel or propeller, with the draft (lower image) indicated as dimension d; for other dimensions used to describe a ship, see also ship measurements. Draft markings on the stern of the Cutty Sark, an example of the Imperial system of such markings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “draft” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.