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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
23 / JUL / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 23 / 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 23 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- Maritime Mobile Service Identity — a unique nine-digit number issued to each DSC-VHF/HF radio, EPIRB, or AIS transponder… (4) — MMSI
- The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
- (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
- The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
- The side or direction away from the wind — where the wind is blowing toward (7) — LEEWARD
- The pin of a rudder fitting that drops into a gudgeon on the transom, allowing the rudder to swing freely (6) — PINTLE
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- The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE
- The imaginary line running down the middle of the vessel from bow to stern (10) — CENTERLINE
- The taller (main) mast on a vessel with more than one mast (8) — MAINMAST
- The control line attached to the clew of the mainsail, tensioning the foot along the boom (7) — OUTHAUL
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
- A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK
- The outer edge of the deck, where the deck meets the topsides (4) — RAIL
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.