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

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      You're looking at the 06 / 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 06 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM
      2. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW
      3. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. See boom vang — the tackle or rigid strut that pulls the boom down to control mainsail twist (4) — VANG
      6. The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
      7. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
      8. To interpose a sail or other object between the wind and another sail so the downwind sail is starved of breeze (7) — BLANKET

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      1. To throw — usually a line (5) — HEAVE
      2. The articulated fitting that joins the forward end of the boom to the mast, allowing the boom to swing and pivot (9) — GOOSENECK
      3. The small sail set on the mizzenmast of a ketch or yawl (6) — MIZZEN
      4. The line on the hull where it meets the water surface at the design load (9) — WATERLINE
      5. Length Overall — the maximum fore-and-aft hull length, excluding bowsprits and pulpits unless specifically included (3) — LOA
      6. A navigable stretch of water — usually marked with buoyage — where depth is sufficient for safe passage (7) — CHANNEL
      7. In the IALA Region B buoyage system (USA, parts of the Americas, Japan, Korea, Philippines), an odd-numbered green cylin… (3) — CAN

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