On Apr 21, 9:45*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
Someone invents a windmill powered "sailboat". *This windmill generates
electricity that, in turn, charges batteries which are used to drive an
electric motor that turns a propeller in the water. The windmill can be
swiveled an any direction to face the wind.

What is it? *I'd say it was a motorboat when underway using the electric
motor and the water propeller. *
Wilbur Hubbard


The definitions of both Seaman and Vessel as defined by the Jones Act
have broadend over the decades to adapt to the ever changing marine
industry.

The courts create the difinitions.
You should have been an attorney Wilbur
Bob