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

A recent addition comes from Sam Keck Scott, who in the summer of 2010 helped to sail a restored Dutch ketch from Malta to Singapore, crossing the Arabian Sea.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 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

Mr. Allcard, aboard a 36-foot ketch he named the Sea Wanderer, lost the 2,800-mile race from the Canary Islands to Antigua by two days.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2017

Said it was a good chance to ketch up on what needed doin’.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns