ketch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ketch
1475–85; earlier cache, apparently noun use of cache to catch
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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.
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
It was taken by crew members on a ketch that sailed near the island of Java in the summer of 2019.
From Scientific American
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
He poked fun at the incident in a ketch when he eventually appeared on the show.
From Fox News
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