ketch

Example Sentences

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One was a former merchant marine whose wooden 32-foot ketch was barely adequate for a journey through the punishing Southern Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

It was taken by crew members on a ketch that sailed near the island of Java in the summer of 2019.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2022

His ketch, Ganesha, named after a Hindu god of beginnings, carried a crew of seven.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Aubrey, Greg and toddler Rue Whittier have lived on the Tenalach, a 45-foot ketch sailboat since 2016.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2019

“Unc’ Louis wouldn’t ketch nothin wid a light he could see by,” Versh said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner