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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
21 / JUL / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A short-lived dip in wind speed (4) — LULL
- A fabric and framework spray hood forward of the cockpit that shelters the crew from wind and spray (6) — DODGER
- Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
- The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
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- An aramid fibre used in high-performance laminate sails and safety gear; it is strong and resists stretch, but degrades with UV exposure (6) — KEVLAR
- A buoyant horseshoe-shaped sling on a floating line, deployed to trail astern during a man-overboard recovery so the cas… (9) — LIFESLING
- Standing rigging running from the bow (or stemhead) up to the mast, to which the foresail is hanked or furled (8) — FORESTAY
- Outside the rail, or toward or beyond the sides of the boat (8) — OUTBOARD
- The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
- A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
- A single-masted rig with a mainsail and a single headsail — the commonest modern configuration (5) — SLOOP
- A nautical map showing coastlines, depths, aids to navigation, and hazards (5) — CHART
- Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.