Word: ketch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stubby 45-foot ketch, the Miru, Davis, his wife, two sons, and two crewmen sailed 10,000 miles from Wellington, New Zealand, to Peru, through the Panama Canal, and along the eastern seaboard to Boston...
Davis said that he was hit by four severe storms; the two worst were off New Zealand. The second storm swept everything off the Miru's deck--including loose lines and the ketch's compass. This storm lasted five days, and several 65-foot waves managed to crash over the mainmast...
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 29--The Harvard-bound ketch Miru left here late today on the last leg of its 10,000 mile journey from New Zealand to Boston...
Thomas R. Davis, enroute to the School of Public Health, said he plans to sail to Boston via the inland waterway. The 45-foot ketch docked late last night after a stormy trip from Morehead City...
After five days of radio silence, the 48-foot ketch Miru has docked safely at Willmington, N.C., in the last leg of its trip from New Zealand. The Miru is en route to Cambridge, where its skipper, Dr. Thomas R. A. Davies, will enroll in the School of Public Health...