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

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      You're looking at the 16 / 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 16 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. The periodic vertical rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun (4) — TIDE
      2. The compartment in the bow below deck — in cruising yachts often a cabin, in older designs a stowage void (8) — FOREPEAK
      3. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      4. A small boat, sailed or rowed, used for pleasure or as a yacht's tender (6) — DINGHY
      5. Any space inside the vessel that is beneath the deck (5) — BELOW
      6. The generic term at sea for any rope in use (4) — LINE

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      1. Multi-Function Display — a large chartplotter screen able to show radar, AIS, sonar, engine data, camera feeds, and char… (3) — MFD
      2. A long cone or series of small cones streamed on a bridle from the stern in very heavy weather to slow the boat, keep he… (6) — DROGUE
      3. A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
      4. On, onto, or inside the vessel (6) — ABOARD
      5. A fixed vertical fin ahead of the rudder, protecting and supporting it (4) — SKEG
      6. The lower edge of a sail (4) — FOOT
      7. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE
      8. In the IALA Region B system, a red even-numbered conical buoy marking the starboard side of a channel when entering from… (3) — NUN
      9. The wires (standing rigging) and lines (running rigging) supporting and controlling the spars and sails (7) — RIGGING

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