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Afloat Xword 81

Compiled by John Gray

Afloat Crossword 81Athwart

  5.     Name for a ‘catalogue’ of rich clusters of galaxies, which was compiled from Palomar Sky Survey Photographs (5)
  8.     Long wooden blocks with holes in which to reeve cords, used to adjust awnings on shipboard (8)
10.   River of Hades – a river flowing in the underworld – hence hell (7)
11.    Name for the USA trophy which is a series of yacht races between teams of three boats, similar to and alternating with the Admiral’s Cup (5,5)
 12.     Forward parts of cabin spaces – in olden times under poop decks – modern ones have wheels  (7)
 13.     Lines that are used to raise spinnaker poles (7)
 14.     A position of a yacht in relation to another, or to a mark or place – being side by side (7)
 17.     Geared drums turned with handles used to pull halyards, sheets and other lines (7)
 23.     State of USA - name of an American Confederate cruiser, a three-masted schooner with auxiliary steam power (7)
 24.     Small line laid up with 18 threads often used for fishing (3,4)
 26.     Norse explorer, so named, because of the colour of his hair, verified the existence of, and named, Greenland (4,3,3)
 27.     Term for a log, concrete block or other heavy mass usually buried and serving as an anchorage for a guy line (7)
 28.     Name of the HMS barque used in Arctic exploration and rescue, notably for the search of Sir John Franklin (8)
 29.     Commerce – name for the ‘winds’ that blow steadily eastward 30° each side of equator, used by sailing ships (4)

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  1.     A dumb compass, which has no magnetic needle, but has sighting vanes and a compass card (7)
  2.     A vessel’s stability is her ability to stay in this position – vertical (7)
  3.     The act of bringing a ship up head to tide to an anchor or a mooring (5,2)
  4.     To make a ship safe against magnetic mines by utilising a magnetic field around her hull (7)
  6.     Said of a whale as it leaps free out of the water (8)
  7.     A legendary country associated with celebrated King Arthur, supposed to lie off the southern coast of Cornwall, England – sounds like the lion’s mate (8)
  9.     Reflected sound – Phonetic Alphabet call sign for letter ‘E’ (4)
10.   Capital of Ghana - a seaport on the Gulf of Guinea and former capital of British Colony of Gold Coast (5)
15.   An old word used to describe the helmsman of a sailing vessel – from an old ‘one timer’ (8)
 16.     Maritime term for a ‘front’ having blocked passage through; ‘of light etc’ caused by the combination of a warm front and a cold front (8)
 18.     Any sailor who is this austere is always found at the ‘after’ end (5)
 19.     Movable covers used over passageways in the deck (7)
 20.     One of a pair of flat hooks, joined with a chain, and used to haul casks on board (7)
 21.     To convey or extend in an ‘upward course’ or direction; to build? (5,2)
 22.     Sloops or cutters with jiggers on which lugsails are set. or small sails carried at or near the sterns of small boats – also called jiggers, and mizzens (7)
 25.     Type of tide in which (twice a lunar month) rises least and falls least from the mean level (4)

Solution to Afloat Crossword 81