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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
27 / JUN / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- A deck fitting — most commonly a horned or jam cleat — designed to hold a line under load (5) — CLEAT
- The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK
- Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A permanent ground tackle — anchor, chain, and buoy — to which a vessel can secure instead of deploying her own anchor (7) — MOORING
- To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
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- The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
- Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
- The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
- Heavy metal fittings, through-bolted to the hull structure, that anchor the lower ends of the shrouds and stays (11) — CHAINPLATES
- Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE
- To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
- 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
- A small boat, sailed or rowed, used for pleasure or as a yacht's tender (6) — DINGHY
- The outer edge of the deck, where the deck meets the topsides (4) — RAIL
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.