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

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      You're looking at the 28 / 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 28 / JUN / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
      2. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE
      3. The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
      4. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
      7. The fitting (on deck or on the keel) into which the foot of the mast is stepped (8) — MASTSTEP

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      1. A line used to trim a sail — e (5) — SHEET
      2. To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD
      3. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deck edge (9) — FREEBOARD
      4. The taller (main) mast on a vessel with more than one mast (8) — MAINMAST
      5. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
      6. The underwater steering foil hinged at the stern (or on a skeg) that, swung to port or starboard, alters the boat's heading (6) — RUDDER
      7. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
      8. 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

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