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

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      You're looking at the 19 / 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 19 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM
      2. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      3. A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The top end of the mast, often carrying a wind instrument, anchor light, VHF antenna, and sheave for the main halyard (8) — MASTHEAD
      6. A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH

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      1. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      2. To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
      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. 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
      5. Located inside the rail or within the hull of the boat (7) — INBOARD
      6. The whole line-and-chain assembly linking the anchor to the boat (4) — RODE
      7. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
      8. To haul a sail to windward so the wind fills the wrong side, stopping the boat or driving it astern (4) — BACK
      9. The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB

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