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

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      You're looking at the 08 / 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 08 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. A small, heavy, triangular storm sail that replaces the mainsail on its own track or separate track in survival conditio… (7) — TRYSAIL
      2. A two-masted rig whose shorter mizzen mast stands forward of the rudder post and is shorter than the main mast (5) — KETCH
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      5. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN
      6. A piece of standing rigging running from a chainplate to the upper mast or spreader tip, supporting the mast laterally (6) — SHROUD
      7. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE

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      1. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE
      2. See forestay — the standing rigging from bow to masthead (8) — HEADSTAY
      3. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM
      4. The mostly horizontal upper surface of the hull (4) — DECK
      5. A line on some rigs that pulls down a sliding gooseneck to tension the luff of the mainsail, performing the same job as a Cunningham (8) — DOWNHAUL
      6. On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
      7. Forward, or toward the bow (4) — FORE

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