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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
29 / AUG / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- A reverse-osmosis desalinator that forces seawater through a semi-permeable membrane at high pressure to produce drinkin… (10) — WATERMAKER
- A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
- The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A fitting — often a block, ring, or slotted plate — that redirects a line with minimum friction and chafe (8) — FAIRLEAD
- In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
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- In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
- A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
- The vertical distance from the waterline to the deck edge (9) — FREEBOARD
- A vessel filled with water but still floating (7) — SWAMPED
- To haul a sail to windward so the wind fills the wrong side, stopping the boat or driving it astern (4) — BACK
- To hold, and keep tension on, the free end of a line while a winch grinder takes turns on the drum (4) — TAIL
- A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
- Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
- To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.