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

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      You're looking at the 05 / 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 05 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      Newspaper-style: today's page publishes the full solution to Saturday's puzzle (15 maritime terms). Today's answers stay hidden until tomorrow — play the grid above, or replay Saturday's grid.

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      1. A long cone or series of small cones streamed on a bridle from the stern in very heavy weather to slow the boat, keep he… (6) — DROGUE
      2. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      3. Search and Rescue Transponder — an emergency device that, when triggered by an X-band radar pulse, replies with a 12-dot… (4) — SART
      4. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      5. A position — latitude and longitude — stored in a GPS or chartplotter and used as a step in a planned route (8) — WAYPOINT
      6. A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK

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      1. To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
      2. Toward the wind's source (6) — UPWIND
      3. A magnetic instrument indicating the vessel's heading relative to the Earth's magnetic field (7) — COMPASS
      4. The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
      5. To reduce effective sail area in strong wind by rolling, folding, or partly lowering a sail (4) — REEF
      6. 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
      7. The underwater surface of the hull (6) — BOTTOM
      8. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      9. To route a line through a block, fairlead, or similar fitting (4) — LEAD

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