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

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      You're looking at the 11 / 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 11 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The control line attached to the clew of the mainsail, tensioning the foot along the boom (7) — OUTHAUL
      2. To interpose a sail or other object between the wind and another sail so the downwind sail is starved of breeze (7) — BLANKET
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. A short line led directly from the vessel to the dock, holding the hull close alongside (10) — BREASTLINE
      5. A three-hulled vessel: a central hull (vaka) flanked by two amas (8) — TRIMARAN
      6. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA

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      1. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      2. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      3. The upward force exerted by water on a submerged body — the property that lets an object float (8) — BUOYANCY
      4. The taller (main) mast on a vessel with more than one mast (8) — MAINMAST
      5. A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
      6. A pressure-measuring instrument whose readings are used to monitor and predict weather trends (9) — BAROMETER
      7. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      8. The weighted vertical fin beneath the hull that resists leeway and, through its ballast, keeps the boat upright; modern… (4) — KEEL

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