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06 / MAY / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      You're looking at the 06 / MAY / 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 06 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System — the integrated network of satellite and terrestrial radio services (VHF-DSC… (5) — GMDSS
      2. The wires (standing rigging) and lines (running rigging) supporting and controlling the spars and sails (7) — RIGGING
      3. The underwater surface of the hull (6) — BOTTOM
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      6. The disturbed water and trailing waves left behind a moving vessel (4) — WAKE
      7. A horizontal handle (or extension) fixed to the rudder stock, used to steer a smaller yacht (6) — TILLER

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      1. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      2. A vessel filled with water but still floating (7) — SWAMPED
      3. The articulated fitting that joins the forward end of the boom to the mast, allowing the boom to swing and pivot (9) — GOOSENECK
      4. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      5. To reduce effective sail area in strong wind by rolling, folding, or partly lowering a sail (4) — REEF
      6. The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
      7. The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
      8. To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP

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