What Makes a Small Boat Seaworthy? | Cape Yachts
Seaworthiness is about more than size or ballast. Cape Yachts looks at the design, equipment, preparation and seamanship that make a small boat safer at sea. Seaworthiness is one of those words used frequently in boating but rarely defined clearly. A boat may be described as seaworthy because it has a heavy keel, a high freeboard or a reputation for making offshore passages. None of those things, on their own, gives us the full answer. A recent article from Small Craft Adviso
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