23 / APR / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
23 / APR / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 23 / APR / 2026 daily maritime crossword — a free nautical puzzle drawn from our 259-term corpus of COLREGs rules, VHF radio procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary. Every daily puzzle is deterministic — players worldwide saw exactly the same grid on 23 / APR / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- A deck-mounted fairlead, often smoothed or rollered, through which docklines and anchor rode are led cleanly (5) — CHOCK
- A permanent ground tackle — anchor, chain, and buoy — to which a vessel can secure instead of deploying her own anchor (7) — MOORING
- To bind or secure with line or webbing (4) — LASH
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
- The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
- Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
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- Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS
- Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
- A raised lip around the edge of the cockpit or a hatch, designed to keep out water (7) — COAMING
- Heeling excessively because the boat is carrying too much sail for the wind strength (11) — OVERPOWERED
- Located inside the rail or within the hull of the boat (7) — INBOARD
- The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
- Electronic Chart Display and Information System — a type-approved electronic charting system accepted as the primary mea… (5) — ECDIS
- The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.