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

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      You're looking at the 31 / 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 31 / JUL / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The small sail set on the mizzenmast of a ketch or yawl (6) — MIZZEN
      2. The marine term for a pulley — a sheave in a housing through which a line runs (5) — BLOCK
      3. Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
      4. The line on the hull where it meets the water surface at the design load (9) — WATERLINE
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. A two-masted rig whose shorter mizzen mast stands forward of the rudder post and is shorter than the main mast (5) — KETCH
      7. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      8. The main body of the vessel, excluding the rig, spars, sails, and appendages (4) — HULL

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      1. The total weight of the vessel, equal to the weight of water she pushes aside when floating (12) — DISPLACEMENT
      2. To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves (4) — COIL
      3. A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
      4. To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
      5. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      6. The sideways lean of the hull caused by wind pressure on the sails (4) — HEEL
      7. A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN

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