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ketch

noun

Definition of ketch

as in sloop

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Recent Examples of ketch When Cornelis van Rietschoten skippered Sayula II, a Swan 65 ketch, to victory, the Nautor’s Swan brand was well and truly established. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 July 2025 And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground. — Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025 One 203-feet sailing ketch called Simena which will have an on-deck Jacuzzi, six guest cabins and ample exterior deck spaces. — Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 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

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Noun

The new 280-footer, currently known as Project 410, will become the world’s largest sloop upon launch.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Sailing aboard a 30-foot sloop on Acapulco Bay, Henry Kissinger kept a protective arm around his new wife, as a motorboat filled with the press corps followed.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of sloop

Noun

Reënactors dressed as British soldiers got in a dory and rowed from the schooner to the beach’s edge.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Built by master Konjo shipwrights in South Sulawesi using dense tropical teak and ironwood, Silolona and its sister phinisi schooner, Si Datu Bua, venture where few travelers have sailed before.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of schooner

Noun

The Continental brigantine Andrew Doria arrived carrying a copy of the Declaration of Independence and flying the Continental Colors – the predecessor of the stars and stripes.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
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

Definition of brigantine

Noun

The British yard, which entered the sailing catamaran segment in September with the debut of the Oyster C60 at the Cannes Yachting Festival, just unveiled its first bluewater power catamaran at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026
The catamaran design is intended to provide stability and seakeeping capabilities during extended operations offshore.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of catamaran

Noun

The Arrowhead 140 is a general-purpose frigate and its design is derived from Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class warships.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
In September, a Russian frigate off the coast of Denmark fired two flares at a Danish military helicopter, one of which came dangerously close to hitting the aircraft.

— Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of frigate

Noun

From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025

Definition of lugger

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