Nautical Crossword
Lowtide
Across 4 All the proper illumination for a
1 Move a ship using an anchor and
vessel at night (2 w
ords)
a wedge 5 Cardinal compass point (goes
4 Maximum safety reading of a gauge with 15 down)
(2 words) 6 Ship’s operating system which
8 Counter current employs modern computer equipment
9 It changes DC to AC to monitor the ship’s systems, display
13 Over, for Keats
electronic charts and facilitate
14 Measurement of the angle of a
navigation (goes with 15 down)
celestial body above the observer’s 7 Do wrong
horizon 10 Radio, abbr.
16 Group of whales 11 Time
18 Water propulsion instrument 12 Apparent brightness of a star
21 __ location
15 See 6 down
22 Small rope ring used in fastening
17 Short for midshipman
a hoist 19 __ Unser
23 Hamlet’s favorite verb 20 Glimpse
24 Unwell 38 Take home 23 See 6 down
25 Boat overhaul 39 On the beach 26 High temperature
27 Outland___ 28 Bering is one
29 Advise strongly Down 31 Time to arrive, abbr.
30 Venus __ milo 1 Lighthouse watchman 34 Wedding promise, 2 words
32 Dropped sharply 2 Piece of fitted material lashed or 36 Terminate
33 Call another ship at sea mounted around the cockpit to provide 37 Northeastern state
35 Lawrence of Arabia’s initials some protection from the spray
37 ____ o’ war 3 Former lover solution on page 60
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