Land Drill – No Wind Ideas – Concord Yacht Club

Move Opti campers to 420s (rigging, parts, capsize)
Move 420 campers to Optis (rigging, parts, cramped space)
Have campers teach a lesson.
Hold mock protests on racing rules.
Have campers make International Code Flags and send messages.
Have the campers play salesperson. Get them to convince you to buy their boat.
Inventory the boat equipment.
Take two current songs and have the fleet make up new lyrics related to sailing.
Have the campers make up a scavenger hunt.
Alphabet game – I’m going sailing and on my boat I’m bringing an Anchor, a Batten, etc.
Have campers make a shaped mainsail using scrap material or paper.
Have campers draw their boat and name as many parts as they can.
Clean the safety boats and introduce the campers to outboard safety and operations.
Go on a safety walk around the camp and report to the Head Instructor.
Have an Instructor Impersonation day.
Have campers make a mural of the lake, harbor, docks, hazards, etc.
Have campers make a collage – the ten best things about sailing.
Rigging races.

Ball tag: Using a large inflatable ball, the ball must hit the sail of another boat to tag them. If it misses the sail, the original boat is still “it”.
Ticking bomb: Variation on ball tag. Set a time limit. The one with the ball when the time expires is blown up (capsizes).
Fight pollution: Using half-filled, half-inflated water balloons as pollution, boats must pick up as many balloons as possible in a given time.
Dumping ground: Each boat starts with a collection of floating objects (ping pong balls) which they must deposit one at a time in a floating bucket. They cannot use the same bucket twice in a row. Count the remaining balls at the end of the time limit.