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

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      You're looking at the 21 / 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 21 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Forward movement through the water (7) — HEADWAY
      2. A quay, pontoon, or berth where a vessel ties up — and also the act of bringing her alongside (4) — DOCK
      3. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      4. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      5. A collective term for a jib or genoa — any sail set forward of the mast (8) — FORESAIL
      6. See jibe — a turn in which the stern passes through the wind (4) — GYBE
      7. The steering control — tiller or wheel (4) — HELM

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      1. A simple rig with a single mainsail stepped on an unstayed mast set well forward, with no headsail (7) — CATBOAT
      2. To haul a sail to windward so the wind fills the wrong side, stopping the boat or driving it astern (4) — BACK
      3. Any pole that supports a sail — mast, boom, gaff, sprit, yard, whisker pole, or spinnaker pole (4) — SPAR
      4. Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
      5. Automatic Identification System — a VHF-based transponder network that continuously broadcasts a vessel's identity, posi… (3) — AIS
      6. To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye (5) — REEVE
      7. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      8. The aerodynamic or hydrodynamic force generated by a sail or keel that drives the boat through the water (4) — LIFT

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