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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
22 / JUN / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
- To haul a sail to windward so the wind fills the wrong side, stopping the boat or driving it astern (4) — BACK
- The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
- To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
- The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
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- To interpose a sail or other object between the wind and another sail so the downwind sail is starved of breeze (7) — BLANKET
- A two-masted rig similar to a ketch but with the (smaller) mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudder post; the mizzen is used… (4) — YAWL
- A brand of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre; as strong as steel wire but a fraction of the weight… (7) — DYNEEMA
- A small reinforcing plate built into the head of a sail to spread halyard load (9) — HEADBOARD
- A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
- A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
- A single-masted rig with a mainsail and a single headsail — the commonest modern configuration (5) — SLOOP
- On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.