09 / OCT / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
09 / OCT / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 09 / 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 09 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- Referring to the magnetic north pole rather than true geographic north (8) — MAGNETIC
- Away from land, or out of sight of it (8) — OFFSHORE
- A sail that has been trimmed so the wind pushes against the reverse side of the cloth, filling it from behind (5) — ABACK
- The horizontal spar that extends aft from the mast and carries the foot of the mainsail (4) — BOOM
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- The direction the bow is pointing, expressed in degrees (7) — HEADING
- An arrangement of blocks and line that provides mechanical advantage (6) — TACKLE
- The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
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- A multihull with two parallel hulls connected by a deck, bridgedeck, or trampoline (9) — CATAMARAN
- A pyrotechnic distress signal — handheld red flares are for close-range visibility, parachute red flares for long-range,… (5) — FLARE
- A two- or three-hook safety line attaching a crew member's lifejacket/harness to a jackline or strongpoint, preventing s… (6) — TETHER
- The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
- To let a sheet, halyard, or other line run out in a controlled manner (4) — EASE
- See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.