seaworthiness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seaworthiness
    n 1: fitness to traverse the seas [syn: {seaworthiness},
         {fitness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seaworthiness \Sea"wor`thi*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist
   the ordinary violence of wind and weather. --Kent.
   [1913 Webster]