Not up for finishing off sauce boat (5)
I believe the answer is:
ketch
'boat' is the definition.
(ketch is a type of sailing boat)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ketch that I've seen before include "2-masted boat" , "Small sailing vessel with two masts" , "Two-masted sailing ship" , "The craft" , "Two-masted sailing vessel" .)