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

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      You're looking at the 08 / 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 08 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The upward force exerted by water on a submerged body — the property that lets an object float (8) — BUOYANCY
      2. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
      3. A horizontal strut projecting from the mast that redirects the shrouds outboard, increasing the staying angle and latera… (8) — SPREADER
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. The control line that trims the mainsail in and out, running through a block system on the boom and a track or traveller (9) — MAINSHEET
      6. Outside the rail, or toward or beyond the sides of the boat (8) — OUTBOARD

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      1. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      2. Weight — usually carried low in the keel — that lowers the centre of gravity and gives the boat stability and righting moment (7) — BALLAST
      3. A large, light downwind sail, symmetric or asymmetric, flown from a halyard rather than a stay and used on broad reaches and runs (9) — SPINNAKER
      4. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      5. Everyone aboard besides the skipper who helps sail and run the boat (4) — CREW
      6. A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
      7. The vertical spar — originally timber, today commonly aluminium or carbon — from which the mainsail is hoisted (4) — MAST
      8. The aft end of the vessel (5) — STERN
      9. The forward end of the vessel (3) — BOW

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