15 / JUN / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
15 / JUN / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 15 / 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 15 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- Weight — usually carried low in the keel — that lowers the centre of gravity and gives the boat stability and righting moment (7) — BALLAST
- Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
- Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
- Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
- Short strands of wool or ribbon on a sail (or shrouds) showing airflow — a practical guide to sail trim (9) — TELLTALES
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- Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
- A drain hole or outlet that removes water from the cockpit or deck (7) — SCUPPER
- A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
- Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
- An electronic self-steering system that uses a heading or GPS input to drive a hydraulic ram, linear drive, or wheel mot… (9) — AUTOPILOT
- The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
- The aft lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail; on a mainsail it is tensioned by the outhaul, on a jib by the sheets (4) — CLEW
- Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.