Daily Maritime Crossword
24 / JUN / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
24 / JUN / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
24 / 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 — 23 / 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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- To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP
- To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
- A position — latitude and longitude — stored in a GPS or chartplotter and used as a step in a planned route (8) — WAYPOINT
- A line used to trim a sail — e (5) — SHEET
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- Located inside the rail or within the hull of the boat (7) — INBOARD
- Any loop or curve formed in a rope between its two ends (5) — BIGHT
- Of wind: a clockwise shift in direction (opposite of 'back') (4) — VEER
- The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
- In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
- In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
- A floating aid to navigation, anchored in position to mark channels, dangers, or stations (4) — BUOY
- The lowest internal part of the hull, where water inevitably drains and collects (5) — BILGE
- To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.