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 §§ 177, 179–180, 195, 321–322,
324.] — seaworthiness,n. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in
restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages,
they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate. [Blacks Law 8th]