22 / OCT / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
22 / OCT / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 22 / 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 22 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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Yesterday's clues & answers — 21 / OCT / 2026
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- A raised lip around the edge of the cockpit or a hatch, designed to keep out water (7) — COAMING
- United States Coast Guard — the US federal service responsible for maritime safety, security, and SAR (4) — USCG
- To bind or secure with line or webbing (4) — LASH
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- To throw — usually a line (5) — HEAVE
- An arrangement of blocks and line that provides mechanical advantage (6) — TACKLE
- To put away neatly and securely (4) — STOW
- The taller (main) mast on a vessel with more than one mast (8) — MAINMAST
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- The total weight of the vessel, equal to the weight of water she pushes aside when floating (12) — DISPLACEMENT
- A navigable stretch of water — usually marked with buoyage — where depth is sufficient for safe passage (7) — CHANNEL
- 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 incoming phase of the tide, when water level is rising and the flow runs landward (5) — FLOOD
- To adjust a sail's controls to produce optimum drive and lift (4) — TRIM
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
- The greatest width of the vessel measured at its widest point (4) — BEAM
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.