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

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      You're looking at the 13 / 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 13 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      2. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      3. To hold, and keep tension on, the free end of a line while a winch grinder takes turns on the drum (4) — TAIL
      4. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      5. The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
      6. A through-hull valve that can be opened or closed to admit water to, or prevent water from entering, the boat through en… (7) — SEACOCK
      7. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN

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      1. A length of rope sewn inside the foot or luff of a sail so the sail can be slid into a groove on the boom or mast (8) — BOLTROPE
      2. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      3. (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
      4. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      5. The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM
      6. A fabric sun awning stretched over a stainless-steel frame above the cockpit to shelter the crew from sun and light rain (6) — BIMINI
      7. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      8. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA

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