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ketch

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Definition of ketch

as in sloop

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Recent Examples of ketch 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 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

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Noun

Just two days after the Hannah was underway, her crew captured the Unity, a sloop loaded with naval stores and lumber, supplies sorely needed by British forces in Boston.

— Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of sloop

Noun

Amid the oceangoing vessels bound for all four corners of the world was a little twenty-ton schooner built in Monterey, the Peor es Nada.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
From there, walk toward Salem Maritime National Historical Park and Derby Wharf before getting back onto the water for a harbor cruise or schooner sail.

— Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

Definition of schooner

Noun

The ladies all get on a yacht and are confronted with cardboard cutouts of them in their very first season.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
At almost 400 feet in length, the Launchpad is the largest yacht ever constructed by luxury superyacht builder Feadship, according to the company.

— Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of yacht

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

Couples can book sunset cruises, snorkeling trips, or private charters on the resort's catamaran, Lady Grace.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
On the beach, non-motorized water sports like snorkeling, kayaking, catamaran sailing, and boogie boarding are offered at no extra charge.

— Gina Kramer, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Definition of catamaran

Noun

China may be preparing a more heavily armed version of its Type 054B frigate, potentially giving the warship 50 percent more missile launch capacity than the first ships in the class.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Zelenskyy, who did not mention grain terminals, said Russia's Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov frigates, a large landing ship, a corvette, and other vessels were struck in the attack.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 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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