 Afloat Xword 56
Compiled by John Gray
 Athwart
1 Said of a yacht having broken from moorings and at mercy of wind and wave (6)
4 The company we found in the south-west has a large flatbottomed boat (4)
7 The young boy who had a small tub in a fishing boat to hold fish when they are caught (3)
10 Principal seaport of Sri Lanka originally an Arab settlement, then Portuguese, Dutch, finally British (7)
11 Alternate name of light-weather “kite” sails of square riggers known as moonrakers (7)
12 An air raid done with no atmosphere becomes dry, parched and devoid of water (4)
13 A strip of metal on a yacht’s mast or boom to take slides fixed to the luff or foot of a sail (5)
14 Around South Australia in the European Union resides the son of Isaac and Rebeka (4)
17 Large plastic sheets with a large black letter V on them, signifying “I need assistance” (1,6)
18 Small ropes used to fasten the upper corners of square sails to their yards, might be worn by the skipper’s wife (7)
19 A descriptive “rate” given in the British navy for men who served on board naval vessels without any naval training (7)
22 The spar from which the sail is set above the topcastles of sailing ships (3,4).
24 Name given to class of catamaran, sloop-rigged one design, two on a trapeze (4)
25 Those points on a radio detection finder at which the signals lose volume and fade away (5)
26 Finding myself on a bit of a reef was indicative of a lake, pool, or pond (4)
30 Small traditional Dutch craft, used for racing inland waterways, much like a Boeier in rig (7)
31 I am in east New Guinea initially for the ancient practice of sailing due east to reach landfall (7)
32 Acronym for a Royal Mail Steamer (3)
33 Not possible, the name given the ship’s timbers both bow and stern, which angle sharply from the keel (4)
34 The name given to each line of planking in a vessel, or plating in a steel vessel (6)
Below
1 A seaport on the Gulf of Guinea and former capital of British Colony of Gold Coast, now Ghana (5)
2 The capital of North Carolina - surname of English coloniser (Sir Walter) (7)
3 The Figures head with you and me will give off smoke or vapours (4)
5 An Irish curach boat – a small rectangular wickerwork boat with round corners made watertight with hides or pitch used for salmon fishing (7)
6 A signal distress flag or ensign with it’s centre or it’s fly stopped to the ensign staff (4)
7 An internal keel in the form of a stringer bolted on to the keel to provide additional strength (7)
8 Diane and Gus on the side turned out to be concealed from detection (9)
9 The company supports, are International Australian sailing championship class contenders, with a snake emblem (6)
15 The narrow gaps in ships’ decking, which are caulked with oakum or pitch for waterproofing (5)
16 The tendency for a vessel to come up into the wind when close-hauled and so carry too much weather helm to correct it (5)
17 Electrical instrument used for measuring potential difference (4,5)
20 A strait connecting upper New York Bay with lower New York Bay, between west end of Long Island and Straten Island (7)
21 The nut around the way with Ronald is an Elementary particle found in the nucleus (7)
22 Wood or metal piece fitted to the rudder head for working the rudder, made by a tiler who had 50 (6)
23 Name for a schooner yacht of 170 tons built in New York in 1851 for the New York Yacht Club (7)
27 A ship’s name used more than twenty times in the Royal Navy, best known being the aircraft carriers (5)
28 Tracy missing one could be the Royal Thames Yacht Club (4)
29 A missing saint turns out not to be (4)
For the solution to Afloat Xword 56, click here.
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