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

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      You're looking at the 04 / SEP / 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 04 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. To remove water from inside the vessel, traditionally with a bucket or scoop (4) — BAIL
      2. A collective term for a jib or genoa — any sail set forward of the mast (8) — FORESAIL
      3. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      4. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
      5. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      6. To turn the bow through the eye of the wind so the boat changes from one close-hauled course to the other (4) — TACK
      7. 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

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      1. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      2. The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
      3. A severe knock in which the boat is blown onto her side far enough that a spreader dips into the water (9) — KNOCKDOWN
      4. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE
      5. On a cutter, the inner headsail set on an inner forestay between the bow and the mast; more generally, any sail set on a stay (8) — STAYSAIL
      6. The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail (5) — LEECH
      7. A deck fitting — most commonly a horned or jam cleat — designed to hold a line under load (5) — CLEAT
      8. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY

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