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

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

“With this gift of innocence and beauty, we honor both the gods,” he proclaimed, as the warships of the Iron Fleet rowed past the burning ketch.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin