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

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      You're looking at the 04 / JUN / 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 04 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
      2. A sail drawing properly, filled with wind and not luffing (4) — FULL
      3. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      4. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE
      7. An athwartships interior wall that stiffens the hull and subdivides the internal space (8) — BULKHEAD

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      1. The outer sides of the hull between the waterline and the deck (8) — TOPSIDES
      2. To throw — usually a line (5) — HEAVE
      3. A spar extending forward of the stem (often retractable on modern cruisers) to which an asymmetric spinnaker, code zero,… (8) — BOWSPRIT
      4. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      5. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
      6. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      7. The incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
      8. The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM

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