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

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      You're looking at the 26 / 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 26 / SEP / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The underwater steering foil hinged at the stern (or on a skeg) that, swung to port or starboard, alters the boat's heading (6) — RUDDER
      2. Sailing too close to the wind, resulting in a stalled luff and reduced boat speed (8) — PINCHING
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      5. A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction (4) — STAY
      6. A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE
      7. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK

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      1. United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
      2. To sail close to the wind (5) — POINT
      3. Afloat with no means of propulsion or attachment, carried along by wind, current, or tide (6) — ADRIFT
      4. A ring-shaped fitting on the transom into which a rudder's pintle pin drops, allowing the rudder to swing (7) — GUDGEON
      5. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM
      6. A two-masted rig similar to a ketch but with the (smaller) mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudder post; the mizzen is used… (4) — YAWL
      7. The vertical distance from the waterline to the deepest part of the keel — the minimum water depth the vessel needs to float (5) — DRAFT
      8. 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.