Object Details
- Hoff, Jr., William Bruce
- Description
- In 17th-century New England, the ketch (or “catch”) was a small, two-masted craft with a square stern. Ketches had small crews of around four men, and they are believed to have had fore-and-aft rigs, rather than square sails, for ease and simplicity of handling. They were used mainly for local coastal trade and for fishing on the shallow sand banks off the New England coast.
- In the early 18th century, this boat type disappeared from contemporary records and descriptions. It was replaced by the “scooner” or schooner, a similar boat type with a fore-and-aft rig that was easy and economical to sail. In fact, some scholars think that only the name changed, and that the two boat types were almost identical in rig and construction.
- 1978
- original ship built
- ca 1600
- ID Number
- TR.336377
- accession number
- 1978.0351
- catalog number
- 336377
- Object Name
- ketch
- ketch, rigged model
- Other Terms
- ketch; Maritime
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metals (overall material)
- textile (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 1/2 in x 19 in x 8 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 48.26 cm x 21.59 cm
- Related Publication
- On the Water online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Food
- Work
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Fishing
- related event
- Colonization and Settlement
- Record ID
- nmah_842431
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-820f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
