Examples of use of ketch
1. More polls» Hot debate Was the Iraq war ‘vital for UK security‘? Have your say» All that remained above water of the 35ft fibreglass ketch, named Rebel, was its twin masts.
2. He retired to New Zealand in 1'7', sailing the 60–foot ketch Viking, which he had bought from his father–in–law for one New Zealand dollar, home from the UK.
3. At Skandia Cowes Week yesterday, the record–breaking 1,050 yachts were grounded all day because of a lack of wind, which gave this correspondent the chance to step back in time and go for a trip round the Solent on arguably the most famous small boat in modern history, Sir Francis Chichesters 53ft ketch, Gipsy Moth IV.
4. When the time inevitably came, our departure was eased only by a promise made that, one day, a few more courses under our belt, we would return on our old ketch, her bow cutting those clear waters and her sails filled with the warm Caribbean wind.