Daily Maritime Crossword
04 / JUL / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
04 / JUL / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
04 / JUL / 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 — 03 / JUL / 2026
Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Friday's puzzle (13 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Friday's grid.
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- The distance of open water, to windward, over which the wind has blown — the longer the fetch, the larger the waves (5) — FETCH
- To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3) — LAY
- A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A raised lip around the edge of the cockpit or a hatch, designed to keep out water (7) — COAMING
- A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
- A permanent ground tackle — anchor, chain, and buoy — to which a vessel can secure instead of deploying her own anchor (7) — MOORING
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- A windshift in which the wind moves forward on the boat, forcing the helm to bear away or the sheets to be eased (6) — HEADED
- To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
- A two- (or more) masted rig in which the foremast is equal to or shorter than the mainmast (8) — SCHOONER
- The underwater surface of the hull (6) — BOTTOM
- A nautical map showing coastlines, depths, aids to navigation, and hazards (5) — CHART
- Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.