Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The length overall of a ship is the distance in the fore and aft line from the foremost part of the hull of the ship to the aftermost part of the hull of the ship taken at the upper weather tight deck or, for an open ship, at the height of the gunwale.
(2) However, the length overall of the ship does not include the length of appendages to the hull.
Example—
A bowsprit or boarding platform is not taken into account when measuring the length overall of a ship.