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Associated sport: Sailing
Indoor-friendly: Yes
Pool-friendly: Yes

Game description

A player completes a course representative of elements of sailing.

What you need (setting up)

• Land:
• • An indoor or outdoor playing area 20 metres in length.
  • 3 x cones or markers. 
• Alternative to land if water is available:
• • 1 x boat.
  • 1 x buoy at turning mark upwind from the starting mark.
  • 1x personal flotation device (Life jacket).

What to do

• Establish a course and complete activities
• • run to starboard (right)
  • run to port (left)
  • water on the bow (bob down, swish the water from the front with the arms, then jump back up)
  • water on the stern (bob down  - swish the water from the back with the arms then jump back up)
  • tack (zig- zag using 3-4 steps each direction)
  • jibe (run in an arc back to the starting cone)
  • watch out for the boom (run to the middle, lie flat on the back, stand then run to finish).  
• Alternative to land if water is available.
• Where water and a boat are available, player tacks and jibes to complete the course.

Scoring

• Time the course. Player tries to beat each course time.

Change it

• Use all or a selection of activities.
• Increase or decrease the distance of the course.

Safety

• Ensure the playing area is flat and clear of any obstructions.
• Ensure supervision is provided if activities are undertaken in water.

Ask the players

• Is it easier to jibe or tack? Why?