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

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      You're looking at the 17 / 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 17 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System — the integrated network of satellite and terrestrial radio services (VHF-DSC… (5) — GMDSS
      2. The disturbed water and trailing waves left behind a moving vessel (4) — WAKE
      3. An athwartships interior wall that stiffens the hull and subdivides the internal space (8) — BULKHEAD
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. Length Waterline — the fore-and-aft length of the hull measured at the waterline; a major factor in hull speed (3) — LWL
      6. Heeling excessively because the boat is carrying too much sail for the wind strength (11) — OVERPOWERED
      7. A microwave ranging system that bounces a rotating pulse off targets and displays their bearing and range; modern broadb… (5) — RADAR

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      1. A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG
      2. The principal sail set on the (main) mast of a sloop, cutter, ketch, or yawl (8) — MAINSAIL
      3. The cooking area below decks, typically containing a gimballed stove, sink, refrigeration, and lockers (6) — GALLEY
      4. Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
      5. To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
      6. To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
      7. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
      8. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET

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