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

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      You're looking at the 14 / 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 14 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A short line led directly from the vessel to the dock, holding the hull close alongside (10) — BREASTLINE
      2. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
      3. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
      6. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL

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      1. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      2. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE
      3. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      4. The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
      5. (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
      6. The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
      7. A point of sail with the wind forward of, abeam, or aft of the beam but not dead astern — close, beam, or broad reach (5) — REACH
      8. The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
      9. To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM

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