Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Medicaid -- the program for the indigent -- the "Titanic" because he didn't believe it was feasible or would prove seaworthy.
The RNLI urged beachgoers to check tide tide times and local weather forecasts before visiting and to ensure any water sports equipment they use is in a seaworthy condition.
And the New York Yacht Club was accused in its early days of deliberately holding the race in the shallow waters off Manhattan so that British challengers, which had to be seaworthy enough to sail across the Atlantic, were at a disadvantage.