• In some legal contexts, the question whether a vessel is seaworthy includes the question whether it is fit to carry an intended cargo properly. See SEAWORTHY. [Cases: Seamen 9; Shipping 42, 121, 207. C.J.S. Seamen § 33; Shipping §§ 102, 105–106, 321–322, 324, 475–476.]
seaworthy vessel
A vessel that can withstand the ordinary stress of the wind, waves, and other weather that seagoing vessels might ordinarily be expected to encounter.