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

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      You're looking at the 29 / 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 29 / MAY / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
      2. Located inside the rail or within the hull of the boat (7) — INBOARD
      3. A small, heavy, triangular storm sail that replaces the mainsail on its own track or separate track in survival conditio… (7) — TRYSAIL
      4. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
      7. See forestay — the standing rigging from bow to masthead (8) — HEADSTAY

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      1. A two- or three-hook safety line attaching a crew member's lifejacket/harness to a jackline or strongpoint, preventing s… (6) — TETHER
      2. The lowest internal part of the hull, where water inevitably drains and collects (5) — BILGE
      3. A large, light downwind sail, symmetric or asymmetric, flown from a halyard rather than a stay and used on broad reaches and runs (9) — SPINNAKER
      4. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      5. The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
      6. A piece of standing rigging running from the masthead (or partway down) to the stern, resisting the forward pull of the headsail (8) — BACKSTAY
      7. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL
      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

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