28 / APR / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
28 / APR / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 28 / 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 28 / APR / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- A patch of shallow water, often sand or mud, representing a hazard (5) — SHOAL
- The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK
- The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A single-masted rig carrying both a jib (outer headsail) and a staysail on an inner forestay (6) — CUTTER
- Located inside the rail or within the hull of the boat (7) — INBOARD
- The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
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- An engine-driven generator that converts mechanical rotation into alternating current, which on a yacht is then rectifie… (10) — ALTERNATOR
- On, onto, or inside the vessel (6) — ABOARD
- The lowest internal part of the hull, where water inevitably drains and collects (5) — BILGE
- A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
- The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
- The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
- To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
- In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.