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

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      You're looking at the 17 / 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 17 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. An inflated plastic or rubber buffer hung over the side to protect the hull when alongside a dock or another vessel (6) — FENDER
      2. A piston or snap hook used to attach the luff of a foresail at intervals along the forestay (4) — HANK
      3. To tie down, lash, or make fast (6) — SECURE
      4. Personal Locator Beacon — a small 406 MHz satellite distress beacon registered to an individual (not a vessel), carried… (3) — PLB
      5. A two-masted rig similar to a ketch but with the (smaller) mizzenmast stepped aft of the rudder post; the mizzen is used… (4) — YAWL
      6. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      7. A microwave ranging system that bounces a rotating pulse off targets and displays their bearing and range; modern broadb… (5) — RADAR
      8. A tapered hardwood or metal spike used to open the strands of a rope when splicing (3) — FID
      9. Vertical metal posts bolted to the deck edge that support the lifelines (10) — STANCHIONS

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      1. A mooring line used to secure the vessel to a dock, pontoon, or piling (8) — DOCKLINE
      2. Running across the vessel from one side to the other, at right angles to the fore-and-aft line (12) — ATHWARTSHIPS
      3. A position — latitude and longitude — stored in a GPS or chartplotter and used as a step in a planned route (8) — WAYPOINT
      4. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      5. Wear on a rope, sail, or sheet caused by repeated rubbing against another surface (5) — CHAFE

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