seaworthy

Example Sentences

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"The submarine met all standards and requirements. It is false that it was not seaworthy."

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"We do have a beautiful, seaworthy ship, the former Holland American Veendam, now the Majestic," VCL's US representative wrote on the company's Facebook page.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

These features, along with previous reconstruction experiments, indicate these were seaworthy vessels, a conclusion supported by the presence at the site of stone tools linked to nearby islands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Coast Guard said there were no injuries to the 19 crew members aboard the vessel, Genius Star XI, and that it remained seaworthy.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2023

Forty thousand years ago, those crossings may have been achieved by bamboo rafts, low-tech but seaworthy watercraft still in use in coastal South China today.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond