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

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      You're looking at the 02 / JUL / 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 02 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972, amended) — the body of rules governing rights of w… (7) — COLREGS
      2. A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG
      3. The stairway or ladder leading from the cockpit or deck down into the cabin (12) — COMPANIONWAY
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
      6. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL

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      1. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      2. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
      3. The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
      4. A deck-mounted fairlead, often smoothed or rollered, through which docklines and anchor rode are led cleanly (5) — CHOCK
      5. The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM
      6. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      7. Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS
      8. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      9. 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

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