Daily Maritime Crossword
17 / JUN / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
17 / JUN / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
17 / JUN / 2026 — everyone worldwide gets the same puzzle today. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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Yesterday's clues & answers — 16 / JUN / 2026
Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Tuesday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Tuesday's grid.
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- A piece of standing rigging running from a chainplate to the upper mast or spreader tip, supporting the mast laterally (6) — SHROUD
- (Pronounced 'gunnel') The top edge of the hull where deck meets topsides (7) — GUNWALE
- The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
- The side or direction away from the wind — where the wind is blowing toward (7) — LEEWARD
- A floating aid to navigation, anchored in position to mark channels, dangers, or stations (4) — BUOY
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- The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
- Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS
- Toward the bow. (7) — FORWARD
- The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System — the integrated network of satellite and terrestrial radio services (VHF-DSC… (5) — GMDSS
- The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
- To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
- To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.