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

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      You're looking at the 24 / 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 24 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
      2. The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM
      5. Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
      6. The shorter mast stepped aft of the mainmast on a ketch or yawl (10) — MIZZENMAST

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      1. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      2. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
      3. A two- or three-hook safety line attaching a crew member's lifejacket/harness to a jackline or strongpoint, preventing s… (6) — TETHER
      4. (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
      5. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      6. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      7. Afloat with no means of propulsion or attachment, carried along by wind, current, or tide (6) — ADRIFT
      8. Short, steep, broken waves — typically caused by wind over a shallow or restricted fetch (4) — CHOP
      9. The outer edge of the deck, where the deck meets the topsides (4) — RAIL

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