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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
09 / SEP / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 09 / 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 09 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
- The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A buoyant horseshoe-shaped sling on a floating line, deployed to trail astern during a man-overboard recovery so the cas… (9) — LIFESLING
- Electronic Chart Display and Information System — a type-approved electronic charting system accepted as the primary mea… (5) — ECDIS
- The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
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- The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
- Toward the wind's source (6) — UPWIND
- A sudden, unintended round-up into the wind, usually while running or reaching in strong breeze and waves (6) — BROACH
- 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
- The floor of a cockpit or cabin (4) — SOLE
- To interpose a sail or other object between the wind and another sail so the downwind sail is starved of breeze (7) — BLANKET
- A deck fitting — most commonly a horned or jam cleat — designed to hold a line under load (5) — CLEAT
- The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.