Colonist (1861) Reef with two carpenters as well as caulkers and riggers. At this stage they had already partially succeeded in getting the vessel off the reef. By November the ketch had again returned from the wreck site with cargo from both the "Colonist" as well as the "Douglas", and the scene was described as: that masts and yards as well as hull of the Colonist are as sound as the day she was built She has been thoroughly caulked from keel to covering board, and is now quite tight, her rigging has been refitted and sails bent The tides have been
Ketch mizzen. To assist going to windward, a ketch will usually carry at least one foresail such as a jib or genoa. Although both the single-masted Bermuda sloop and cutter have simpler rigging and are more efficient, the sails on a ketch are smaller and more easily handled, and its mainmast is shorter. A modern ketch's sails may be any type of fore-and-aft sail, in any combination, and most are Bermuda rigged. The modern ketch is popular in northern Europe and among long distance cruisers. Both the ketch and the yawl rig have proved generally to be more suitable for motorsailers