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

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      You're looking at the 16 / 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 16 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. To sail close to the wind (5) — POINT
      2. To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. A stowage locker let into the cockpit sole, seats, or afterdeck (9) — LAZARETTE
      5. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      6. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      7. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE

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      1. Differential GPS — a GPS that uses correction signals from ground or satellite-based reference stations to refine accura… (4) — DGPS
      2. The small sail set on the mizzenmast of a ketch or yawl (6) — MIZZEN
      3. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      4. A spar extending forward of the stem (often retractable on modern cruisers) to which an asymmetric spinnaker, code zero,… (8) — BOWSPRIT
      5. Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon — a self-contained 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to the vessel… (5) — EPIRB
      6. The ratio between the length of anchor rode paid out and the depth of water (plus bow height), e (5) — SCOPE
      7. The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
      8. To adjust the tension and alignment of the standing rigging so the mast stands straight and the sails set correctly (4) — TUNE

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