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Daily Maritime Crossword
May 1, 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword

May 1, 2026 — everyone worldwide gets the same puzzle today. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      Yesterday's clues & answers — April 30, 2026

      Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Thursday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Thursday's grid.

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      1. A two- (or more) masted rig in which the foremast is equal to or shorter than the mainmast (8) — SCHOONER
      2. A two-masted rig similar to a ketch but with the (smaller) mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudder post; the mizzen is used… (4) — YAWL
      3. A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A legacy unit of depth equal to six feet (1 (6) — FATHOM
      6. To roll or gather up a sail so it stows neatly on a boom, stay, or inside a spar (4) — FURL
      7. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      8. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
      9. The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM

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      1. To propel a boat with a single oar worked side-to-side through a notch or rowlock in the transom (5) — SCULL
      2. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      3. Heeling excessively because the boat is carrying too much sail for the wind strength (11) — OVERPOWERED
      4. The disturbed water and trailing waves left behind a moving vessel (4) — WAKE
      5. To hire a vessel for a period — either bareboat (skipper and crew provided by hirer) or crewed (7) — CHARTER
      6. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD

      Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.