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Recent Examples of ketch
One 203-feet sailing ketch called Simena which will have an on-deck Jacuzzi, six guest cabins and ample exterior deck spaces.
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Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Photo : Perini Navi ‘Badis,’ 230 Feet, 2016 Perini Navi
Originally launched as Sybaris in 2016 for experienced yachtsman Bill Duker, Badis is an all-aluminum ketch built by Italian shipyard Perini Navi.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Perkins had amassed a fleet of vessels over a 25-year period that included the 141-foot Perini Navi Andromeda la Dea, a 154-foot ketch of the same name, and the Herreshoff classic Mariette of 1915.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
That made Sir Robin, as he’s now known, the first person to complete a nonstop, single-handed circumnavigation, aboard his 32-foot ketch Suhaili. McIntyre, a former offshore racer, resurrected the 50th-anniversary rendition of the race in 2018.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 July 2022
Now those waters—especially as plied aboard a traditional Turkish gulet or ketch (wooden sailing yacht)—are one of the world’s most popular sailing destinations, and a wish-list item for even wanna-be sailors.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 June 2022
It was taken by crew members on a ketch that sailed near the island of Java in the summer of 2019.
—Michelle Nijhuis, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
Scic has a fleet of classic ketch yachts with modern schooner rigging and sails with a surface area of around 4,300 square feet.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 June 2022
Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Photo : Perini Navi ‘Badis,’ 230 Feet, 2016 Perini Navi
Originally launched as Sybaris in 2016 for experienced yachtsman Bill Duker, Badis is an all-aluminum ketch built by Italian shipyard Perini Navi.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Perkins had amassed a fleet of vessels over a 25-year period that included the 141-foot Perini Navi Andromeda la Dea, a 154-foot ketch of the same name, and the Herreshoff classic Mariette of 1915.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
That made Sir Robin, as he’s now known, the first person to complete a nonstop, single-handed circumnavigation, aboard his 32-foot ketch Suhaili. McIntyre, a former offshore racer, resurrected the 50th-anniversary rendition of the race in 2018.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 July 2022
Now those waters—especially as plied aboard a traditional Turkish gulet or ketch (wooden sailing yacht)—are one of the world’s most popular sailing destinations, and a wish-list item for even wanna-be sailors.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 June 2022
It was taken by crew members on a ketch that sailed near the island of Java in the summer of 2019.
—Michelle Nijhuis, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
Scic has a fleet of classic ketch yachts with modern schooner rigging and sails with a surface area of around 4,300 square feet.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ketch
Noun
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Help hoist the sails of the Schooner Freedom, a massive topsail schooner captained by John and Sarah Zaruba.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
Noun
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The move makes the yacht’s interior volume, already considerable at 500 gross tons, feel significantly larger.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s on top of a planned yacht, Emerald Kaia, that’s scheduled to launch in 2026.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
Noun
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Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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While this sprawling lagoon can be explored by foot, it’s best experienced from the comfort of a boat, with multiple excursions taking place each day via canoe and catamaran.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The British Royal Navy's frigate also launched a Merlin helicopter from 814 Naval Air Squadron to ascertain valuable information aerially.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Taiwan's Pan Chao frigate (PFG2-1108) monitors PLAN Siming Shan Type 071 LPD (986) and Qiandaohu Type 903 replenishment ship (886).—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.—
Ann Benoit,
NOLA.com,
27 Oct. 2017
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“Ketch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ketch. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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