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

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      You're looking at the 12 / 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 12 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. 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
      2. The fitting (on deck or on the keel) into which the foot of the mast is stepped (8) — MASTSTEP
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. The upward force exerted by water on a submerged body — the property that lets an object float (8) — BUOYANCY
      5. The part of the boat's side close to the stern — port quarter and starboard quarter (7) — QUARTER
      6. Working to windward by sailing a succession of close-hauled tacks (7) — BEATING

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      1. The small triangular headsail set forward of the mast, tacked to the stemhead and hanked, bolted, or furled onto the forestay (3) — JIB
      2. The line permanently attached to the bow of a dinghy or tender (7) — PAINTER
      3. The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
      4. A large, usually closable opening in the deck or coachroof for access, ventilation, or light (5) — HATCH
      5. Secured — held in place, tied off (4) — FAST
      6. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      7. The outgoing phase of the tide, when water level is falling and the flow runs seaward (3) — EBB
      8. The line of sight formed when two marks ashore line up, showing the centre of a channel or a transit bearing (5) — RANGE
      9. The spars, standing rigging, and sail plan collectively — or the act of rigging the boat for sea (3) — RIG

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