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Seaworthiness

Seaworthiness \Sea"wor`thi*ness\, n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.
--Kent.

Wiktionary
seaworthiness

n. (context nautical English) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea.

WordNet
seaworthiness

n. fitness to traverse the seas [syn: fitness]

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Seaworthiness (law)

Seaworthiness is a concept that runs through maritime law in at least four contractual relationships. In a marine insurance voyage policy, the assured warrants that the vessel is seaworthy. A carrier of goods by sea owes a duty to a shipper of cargo that the vessel is seaworthy at the start of the voyage. A shipowner warrants to a charterer that the vessel under charter is seaworthy; and similarly, a shipbuilder warrants that the vessel under construction will be seaworthy.

Usage examples of "seaworthiness".

Her seaworthiness records had been scrupulously kept up to date and she had acquired no fines, penalties, or damages.

Both of them knew before they ever stepped foot in your canoe that it was an old wreck whose seaworthiness was iffy at best.

Sir Germain spread the certificate of seaworthiness on the chart table.

The ship was small, crowded, and stank of fish, and Tobas had doubts about its seaworthiness.