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

Thornton has entered his 104-foot ketch Whitehawk in the cruising division of the 111th edition of the world’s oldest annual freshwater distance race.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2019

“I couldn’t afford the insurance, and neither could just about anyone I know,” said Philip Faulkenberry, 57, who lived alone on his 41-foot ketch rig sailboat, Nugget 2.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2017

“Hit shore is a wonder how young folks ketch on. Miss Love, now, she thinks she could drive a car.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns