01 / AUG / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
01 / AUG / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- The fore-and-aft tilt of the mast relative to vertical (4) — RAKE
- 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
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- (Also 'gybe') To change tack by turning the stern through the wind, allowing the mainsail and boom to swing across (4) — JIBE
- Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
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- Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE
- The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
- The sideways slippage of the hull to leeward caused by the sail's horizontal force component (6) — LEEWAY
- The flat — or nearly flat — after face of the stern (7) — TRANSOM
- A secondary anchor, smaller than the bower, carried for manoeuvring or for kedging the boat off a grounding (5) — KEDGE
- The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
- The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
- The compartment in the bow below deck — in cruising yachts often a cabin, in older designs a stowage void (8) — FOREPEAK
- The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
- 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.