15 / OCT / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
15 / OCT / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 15 / 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 15 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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Yesterday's clues & answers — 14 / OCT / 2026
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- Standing rigging running from the bow (or stemhead) up to the mast, to which the foresail is hanked or furled (8) — FORESTAY
- The leading edge of a sail (4) — LUFF
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- The line permanently attached to the bow of a dinghy or tender (7) — PAINTER
- Afloat with no means of propulsion or attachment, carried along by wind, current, or tide (6) — ADRIFT
- In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
- The grooved wheel inside a block or at the head of a mast over which a line runs (6) — SHEAVE
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- The condition of a vessel whose keel or hull is in contact with the seabed (7) — AGROUND
- The vertical distance from the waterline to the deck edge (9) — FREEBOARD
- A large headsail whose clew overlaps the mast, giving extra upwind drive compared with a working jib (5) — GENOA
- A severe knock in which the boat is blown onto her side far enough that a spreader dips into the water (9) — KNOCKDOWN
- Vertical metal posts bolted to the deck edge that support the lifelines (10) — STANCHIONS
- The sideways lean of the hull caused by wind pressure on the sails (4) — HEEL
- A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.