Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia find out more about the Ketch Harbour Area Residents Association (KHARA) at ketchharbour.org. The community has been an important fishing spot for well over two hundred years. It is situated close to the City of Halifax at a time when most travelled by boat. A fisherman's catch could be easily transported to Halifax by water for sale in the city's markets. This convenience made it one of the earliest spots to be settled following the colonization of Halifax in 1749. By 1752, seventy-five people lived in Ketch Harbour. Within ten years it was known as Catch Harbour and a number
Freedom 28 Cat Ketch Freedom 28 Cat Ketch The Freedom 28 Cat Ketch (not to be confused with the Freedom 28), is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Hoyt and Jay Paris, first built in 1979. The design is out of production. The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States. The Freedom 28 Cat Ketch is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has an unstayed cat ketch rig, a transom-hung rudder and a swing-up centerboard. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The spars are made from carbon fiber. The initial models were produced with wrap-around