SEAWORTHY

seaworthy, adj. (Of a vessel) properly equipped and sufficiently strong and tight to resist the perils reasonably incident to the voyage for which the vessel is insured. • An implied condition of marine-insurance policies, unless otherwise stated, is that the vessel will be seaworthy. [Cases: Seamen 9; Shipping 80, 121. C.J.S. Seamen § 33; Shipping […]