30 / AUG / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
30 / AUG / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 30 / 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 30 / AUG / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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Yesterday's clues & answers — 29 / AUG / 2026
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- To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
- A horizontal strut projecting from the mast that redirects the shrouds outboard, increasing the staying angle and latera… (8) — SPREADER
- A point of sail with the wind forward of, abeam, or aft of the beam but not dead astern — close, beam, or broad reach (5) — REACH
- A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- In the water behind the vessel, or moving backwards (6) — ASTERN
- The right side of the boat when facing forward (9) — STARBOARD
- A sail drawing properly, filled with wind and not luffing (4) — FULL
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- Search and Rescue Transponder — an emergency device that, when triggered by an X-band radar pulse, replies with a 12-dot… (4) — SART
- Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
- The grooved wheel inside a block or at the head of a mast over which a line runs (6) — SHEAVE
- A brand of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre; as strong as steel wire but a fraction of the weight… (7) — DYNEEMA
- A deck-mounted fairlead, often smoothed or rollered, through which docklines and anchor rode are led cleanly (5) — CHOCK
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System — the integrated network of satellite and terrestrial radio services (VHF-DSC… (5) — GMDSS
- A two-masted rig similar to a ketch but with the (smaller) mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudder post; the mizzen is used… (4) — YAWL
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.