27 / OCT / 2026 · skippercheck.net/crossword
⚓ Daily Maritime Crossword
27 / OCT / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.
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You're looking at the 27 / 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 27 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.
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- A fast-moving, short-lived storm cell producing sudden strong winds and often heavy rain (6) — SQUALL
- A magnetic instrument indicating the vessel's heading relative to the Earth's magnetic field (7) — COMPASS
- A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
- A small open or lightly decked sailboat intended for short pleasure sails rather than overnight cruising (9) — DAYSAILER
- Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
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- A U-shaped metal fitting closed by a threaded pin (D-shackle, bow shackle, snap shackle etc (7) — SHACKLE
- A classic knot that forms a secure, non-slipping loop and can still be untied after heavy loading (7) — BOWLINE
- Global Positioning System — the US satellite constellation whose signals let a receiver compute its position, heading, a… (3) — GPS
- To tie down, lash, or make fast (6) — SECURE
- The recessed working area of the deck where the helm, sheets, and instruments are usually grouped (7) — COCKPIT
- A point of sail with the wind coming from dead astern (3) — RUN
- Digital Selective Calling — a feature of modern VHF and SSB radios that allows a pre-formatted digital distress alert, i… (3) — DSC
- A nautical map showing coastlines, depths, aids to navigation, and hazards (5) — CHART
- To make fast — attaching a sail to a spar or stay, or tying a line to a sail (4) — BEND
- The direction (usually in degrees true) in which a current flows (3) — SET
Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.