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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ketch
Noun
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers discovered a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan 140 years ago, ending decades of searches for the elusive ghost ship.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Amidst these displays is also, inexplicably, a poster of her and John on a yacht and at a Utah Jazz game (which Bronwyn points out isn’t courtside).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ximena is Alia’s first new yacht of 2025, but more fleet members are on the horizon.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 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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The result is what seems to be a cross between a catamaran and a giant fishing pontoon with a large open deck measuring 900 ft² (83 m²) that can handle standard shipping containers weighing up to 30 tonnes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Several other countries have contributed anti-drone assets, and an air defense frigate operated by NATO's Maritime Command (MARCOM) arrived in Copenhagen on Sunday as part of the alliance's Baltic Sentry initiative.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Ketch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ketch. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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