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

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      You're looking at the 02 / 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 02 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. On a cutter, the inner headsail set on an inner forestay between the bow and the mast; more generally, any sail set on a stay (8) — STAYSAIL
      2. Short, steep, broken waves — typically caused by wind over a shallow or restricted fetch (4) — CHOP
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. To roll or gather up a sail so it stows neatly on a boom, stay, or inside a spar (4) — FURL
      5. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      6. Global Navigation Satellite System — the umbrella term covering all satellite positioning constellations: GPS (USA), GLO… (4) — GNSS

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      1. A two- (or more) masted rig in which the foremast is equal to or shorter than the mainmast (8) — SCHOONER
      2. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      3. The forwardmost structural member of the hull — the bow's leading edge (4) — STEM
      4. A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
      5. On, onto, or inside the vessel (6) — ABOARD
      6. The direction the bow is pointing, expressed in degrees (7) — HEADING
      7. On a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, the spar that supports the sail's upper (head) edge (4) — GAFF
      8. A floating aid to navigation, anchored in position to mark channels, dangers, or stations (4) — BUOY
      9. To reduce effective sail area in strong wind by rolling, folding, or partly lowering a sail (4) — REEF

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