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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
27 / AUG / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 27 / 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 27 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- An arrangement of blocks and line that provides mechanical advantage (6) — TACKLE
- The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
- A deck fitting — most commonly a horned or jam cleat — designed to hold a line under load (5) — CLEAT
- The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
- A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
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- An aramid fibre used in high-performance laminate sails and safety gear; it is strong and resists stretch, but degrades with UV exposure (6) — KEVLAR
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — a self-contained 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to the vessel… (5) — EPIRB
- The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
- The angular direction of one object from another, expressed in compass degrees (7) — BEARING
- A line used to trim a sail — e (5) — SHEET
- A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
- A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.