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

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      You're looking at the 02 / 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 02 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The curved extension of a sail's area aft of a straight line drawn from head to clew (5) — ROACH
      2. On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
      3. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      4. See boom vang — the tackle or rigid strut that pulls the boom down to control mainsail twist (4) — VANG
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      7. A short-lived dip in wind speed (4) — LULL

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      1. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG
      2. To hire a vessel for a period — either bareboat (skipper and crew provided by hirer) or crewed (7) — CHARTER
      3. A legacy unit of depth equal to six feet (1 (6) — FATHOM
      4. To tie down, lash, or make fast (6) — SECURE
      5. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE
      6. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      7. To hold, and keep tension on, the free end of a line while a winch grinder takes turns on the drum (4) — TAIL
      8. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB

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