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Daily Maritime 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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      1. The distance of open water, to windward, over which the wind has blown — the longer the fetch, the larger the waves (5)FETCH
      2. To sail a course that will clear a mark or obstacle without an additional tack (3)LAY
      3. A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6)BROACH
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11)CENTERBOARD
      5. A raised lip around the edge of the cockpit or a hatch, designed to keep out water (7)COAMING
      6. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4)STAY
      7. 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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      1. 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
      2. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4)TUNE
      3. A two- (or more) masted rig in which the foremast is equal to or shorter than the mainmast (8)SCHOONER
      4. The underwater surface of the hull (6)BOTTOM
      5. A nautical map showing coastlines, depths, aids to navigation, and hazards (5)CHART
      6. 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.