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

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      You're looking at the 28 / 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 28 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The enclosed interior accommodation of the vessel (5) — CABIN
      2. A legacy unit of depth equal to six feet (1 (6) — FATHOM
      3. The fitting (on deck or on the keel) into which the foot of the mast is stepped (8) — MASTSTEP
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A secondary anchor, smaller than the bower, carried for manoeuvring or for kedging the boat off a grounding (5) — KEDGE
      6. In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
      7. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE

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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. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      3. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      4. Search and Rescue Transponder — an emergency device that, when triggered by an X-band radar pulse, replies with a 12-dot… (4) — SART
      5. Forward movement through the water (7) — HEADWAY
      6. The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE
      7. A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
      8. A fabric and framework spray hood forward of the cockpit that shelters the crew from wind and spray (6) — DODGER

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