How to Use seaworthy in a Sentence

seaworthy

adjective

• This ship, with its wider hull, proved more seaworthy and sailed for 30 years.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2022
• The actual building of the Navy was slow; the first three frigates were not seaworthy until 1799.
  — David F. Eisner, National Review, 31 May 2021
• The cast runs to 24 actors, many of them also puppeteers, with a small fleet of crew members to make the whole show seaworthy.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• To make the Everglades the most seaworthy Bronco, Ford raised the vent tubes for both axles, the transmission, and the transfer case.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022
• Cabral, a welder who still works for Rafael’s company, has had a lot less work in recent months to keep the green boats seaworthy.
  — David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
• Don’t do disservice to those hard old dudes who braved the North Sea in a heavy, somewhat seaworthy, plank skiffs.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2021
• The suit said that the company and owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, made the boat seaworthy, and the craft was properly manned and equipped.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
• In essence, this meant that the boat was not seaworthy at the time of the accident on January 18, the commission said.
  — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 9 Oct. 2019
• The suit relies on an 1851 maritime law and argues that the company made the boat seaworthy.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• The two sailors and their two dogs were brought safely aboard after the Navy determined that their boat was no longer seaworthy.
  — Author: Eli Rosenberg, Lindsey Bever, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
• The New Zealand firm has delivered stylish and seaworthy Downeast vessels for the past 65 years.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
• The two sailors and their two dogs were brought safely aboard after the Navy determined their boat was no longer seaworthy.
  — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The 19-foot vessel sustained light damage to its bow but was still seaworthy.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 28 July 2022
• About three decades later, a seaworthy tug named the Commodore went down on route from Jacksonville to Cuba in 1897.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• If Thorn’s metal craft don’t look especially seaworthy, that just adds to the sense of alarm.
  — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
• The lawsuit argues that the company and its owners made the boat seaworthy and it was properly manned and equipped.
  — Stefanie Dazio, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2019
• The Drury family spends a lot of their time on the sea, so the Louisville space is considered their land home that reflects their seaworthy travels.
  — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2018
• In short, humans got to Australia by crossing dozens of miles of open water in some kind of seaworthy vessel.
  — Stephen E. Nash, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2016
• The side of a supertanker docked in Cleveland in the hot sun, once a proud seaworthy vessel, now a ragtag museum.
  — David Means, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
• With Time, the focus is on creating a floating refuge that gives owners the freedom to enjoy time on a seaworthy yacht.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• The Machine Odyssey isn't simply a seaworthy science project.
  — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• What would be a good name for this seaworthy vegetal vessel?
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 23 Sep. 2022
• However, while the ships proved to be seaworthy, definite weaknesses were shown in the plan.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2017
• Thousands of Cubans and Haitians are attempting to reach Florida shores on makeshift vessels, many of which are not seaworthy.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
• If all goes as planned, the team’s inspection will pave the way for an operation to transfer the oil to a seaworthy tanker purchased by the United Nations this year.
  — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• In order to meet the October 31 deadline to enter the race, the trimaran was put together in a rush, meaning Crowhurst set off on an a boat that wasn't seaworthy.
  — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• In order to meet the October 31 deadline to enter the race, the trimaran was put together in a rush, meaning Crowhurst set off on an un-seaworthy boat.
  — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• That has encouraged him to seek out the cheapest seaworthy vessels—inevitably, ones that barely float.
  — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
• The ship sustained some damage, but no injuries were reported and the vessel remained seaworthy.
  — TIME, 18 Jan. 2024
• But that doesn’t mean Comandante needs to scream it from the rooftops, or from a hundred meters underwater, and the result is a seaworthy film that’s also far too worthy.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jul 2024