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

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      You're looking at the 11 / 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 11 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      2. The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
      3. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. An arrangement of blocks and line that provides mechanical advantage (6) — TACKLE
      6. An electronic self-steering system that uses a heading or GPS input to drive a hydraulic ram, linear drive, or wheel mot… (9) — AUTOPILOT
      7. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD

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      1. A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
      2. The shorter mast stepped aft of the mainmast on a ketch or yawl (10) — MIZZENMAST
      3. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — a self-contained 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to the vessel… (5) — EPIRB
      4. Toward the source of the wind (8) — WINDWARD
      5. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      6. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      7. To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
      8. The horizontal spar that extends aft from the mast and carries the foot of the mainsail (4) — BOOM

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