Game 5.02 Fox-hunting

NAUTICAL GAMES

Skills: Hoisting and Lowering Sails

Aim of the game:

The hunter tries by know-how (sailing better than the others) to catch the fox and take its tail before other teams.

Rules of the game:

One boat is the fox. It has a tail on its mast and starts with a lead.
The hunters (the crews in the other boats) follow and try to catch the fox.
The first boat which catches the fox take its tail. This boat then becomes the fox.
The former fox has to lower its sails and drop its anchor for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, it raises its sails and takes part in hunting the fox.

Variation:

With a crew aged 7 to 10, go canoeing or rowing.
The fox uses the quickest boat. How many times do the other boats catch the fox?
Several boats are foxes ( beware of collisions).