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

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      You're looking at the 01 / OCT / 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 01 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. To propel a boat with a single oar worked side-to-side through a notch or rowlock in the transom (5) — SCULL
      2. A sail drawing properly, filled with wind and not luffing (4) — FULL
      3. A short-lived increase in wind strength (4) — PUFF
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      6. A line used to trim a sail — e (5) — SHEET
      7. The pin of a rudder fitting that drops into a gudgeon on the transom, allowing the rudder to swing freely (6) — PINTLE
      8. Standing rigging running from the bow (or stemhead) up to the mast, to which the foresail is hanked or furled (8) — FORESTAY

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      1. (Pronounced 'gunnel') The top edge of the hull where deck meets topsides (7) — GUNWALE
      2. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
      3. Horizontal movement of water driven by tide, wind, river flow, or ocean circulation (7) — CURRENT
      4. Any sail set forward of the mast — jib, genoa, staysail, or code zero — typically attached to the forestay (8) — HEADSAIL
      5. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      6. The direction, expressed in degrees, in which the vessel is being steered (6) — COURSE
      7. The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE

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