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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
13 / JUL / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- The incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
- A permanent joining of two ropes, or a rope's end into itself, by interweaving the strands (6) — SPLICE
- Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
- Lying on a line perpendicular to the vessel's centerline — directly off her side (5) — ABEAM
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
- The weighted vertical fin beneath the hull that resists leeway and, through its ballast, keeps the boat upright; modern… (4) — KEEL
- The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
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- Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
- The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972, amended) — the body of rules governing rights of w… (7) — COLREGS
- The centre portion of a navigable channel (7) — FAIRWAY
- The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK
- 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
- United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
- One nautical mile per hour — the standard unit of speed at sea (4) — KNOT
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.