[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 cha... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaworthiness_(law)
Sea'wor`thi·ness noun The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/50