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⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
23 / SEP / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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- A multihull with two parallel hulls connected by a deck, bridgedeck, or trampoline (9) — CATAMARAN
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP
- The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT
- (Pronounced 'gunnel') The top edge of the hull where deck meets topsides (7) — GUNWALE
- A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
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- The left side of the boat when facing forward (4) — PORT
- A thin strip of timber, fibreglass, or carbon inserted into a pocket along the leech of a sail to maintain its aerodynamic shape (6) — BATTEN
- One nautical mile per hour — the standard unit of speed at sea (4) — KNOT
- The recessed working area of the deck where the helm, sheets, and instruments are usually grouped (7) — COCKPIT
- To reduce effective sail area in strong wind by rolling, folding, or partly lowering a sail (4) — REEF
- Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
- To bind or secure with line or webbing (4) — LASH
- A drum with a handle (manual) or motor (electric/hydraulic) that provides mechanical advantage when sheeting or hoisting… (5) — WINCH
- Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.