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

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      You're looking at the 01 / AUG / 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 01 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
      2. A long cone or series of small cones streamed on a bridle from the stern in very heavy weather to slow the boat, keep he… (6) — DROGUE
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
      5. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT

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      1. Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE
      2. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      3. The sideways slippage of the hull to leeward caused by the sail's horizontal force component (6) — LEEWAY
      4. The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM
      5. A secondary anchor, smaller than the bower, carried for manoeuvring or for kedging the boat off a grounding (5) — KEDGE
      6. The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
      7. The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
      8. The compartment in the bow below deck — in cruising yachts often a cabin, in older designs a stowage void (8) — FOREPEAK
      9. The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
      10. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW

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