ketch
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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
From horizon to horizon, from stern to bow, the sea all around them was glowing as their 52-foot-long ketch passed south of the Indonesian island of Java on a moonless night.
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
“Who, me? Ah ain’t been near de place, man. Ah been down tuh de lake tryin’ tuh ketch me uh fish.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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