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  Nautical November

  Posted by The Puzzle Master on November 3, 2021 at 2:22 am

  1. I am a type of building

  And from the top I shine

  I warn sailors about rocks

  So that ships will be fine

  What Am I?

  2.
  If you want to be a pirate

  You will need me without fail

  So that you can travel around

  You need me to sail

  What am I?

  3.
  You can navigate by the sun and stars

  But another way may be best

  Use me to determine your course

  And I will point which way is north, south, east and west

  What am I?

  4.
  To know what’s on the horizon

  I can help you to see what’s there

  Look through my lens and find

  The rocks of which to be aware

  What am I?

  5.
  If you’re getting close to land

  And you need your ship to stop

  Take down all your sails

  And this item you will drop

  6.
  I am strong enough to smash ships, but I fear the Sun.
  What am I?

  7.
  Where can you find an ocean with no water?

  
  

  8.
  What is the worst vegetable to have on a ship? (Joke)

  
  

  9.
  Surrounded by water I am not a fish

  Often in the ocean I am not a whale

  I have beaches but I am not California

  I can be a desert but I am not the Sahara

  What am I?

  
  

  10.
  A boat has a ladder with six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour.

  When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?

  
  

  11.
  I have teeth but I am not a cog

  I may scare people but I am not a spider

  I have a fin but I am not a boat

  I am found in the ocean but I’m not a buoy

  I may have a hammerhead but I do not hit nails

  What am I?

  
  

  12.
  When answering this riddle

  Try not to get frantic

  To the east of the US

  What is the Atlantic?

  
  

  13.
  I have a tail but I am not a dog

  I can be caught in a net but I am not a butterfly

  I live in water but I am not a frog

  What am I?

  
  

  14.
  This is something you see

  When outside there’s a storm

  It comes down from the clouds

  And appears in droplet form

  
  

  15.
  This famous pirate looks scruffy

  As he does not seem to have shaved

  By not buying razors

  A lots of money he must have saved

  
  

  16.
  Africa, Europe and Australia
  North and South America but not least

  There is also the largest continent

  Which on a map can be found in the East

  
  

  17.
  If you are a pirate

  And you get in a fight

  You might need to wear this

  If you lose half your sight

  
  

  18.
  (An expression)
  
  Are my eyes deceiving me?

  Am I being silly?

  Or are all those planks of wood

  Looking really chilly?

  
  

  19.
  I hold things but I do not have hands

  I am buried but I am not a coffin

  I am marked on a map but I am not a road

  What am I?

  
  

  20.
  I am measured but I do not weigh a thing

  I can whistle but I have no mouth

  I can dry your boat or even a piece of string

  I help you sail from North to South

  What am I?

  
  

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