DWL

DWL - Design waterline. Also length waterline or load waterline LWL - . This is the length of the boat where it meets the water when loaded to its designed capacity.

The DWL/LOA of the Malö is 84 percent. The hull lines are fairly generic. That is, there is nothing particularly distinct in the hull shape. The sections are rounded.

design waterline (DWL)
Also length waterline or load waterline (LWL) - The length of the boat where it meets the water when loaded to its designed capacity.
deviation ...

Downwind (DWL) and Crosswind (CWL) components of Leeway: The components of the leeway velocity vector expressed in rectangular coordinates relative to the wind velocity vector.

Load waterline or length waterline. Also design waterline (DWL.) This is the length of the boat at the waterline when loaded to its designed capacity.
Lying Ahull ...

The waterline length (length on the waterline, LWL; designed waterline length, DWL) is the straight-line distance between the boat's two extreme points at the water's surface. Length sometimes is an abbreviation for boat length.

See also: Boat, Hull, Feet, Draft, Beam