I was admiring a snow sculpture in another post and since I lived in PA. at one time I can feel for most of you in the North. That is above FLA.

A buddy of mine has a board game called REGATTA. I liked it so much I got my own. If you haven't seen this before it's most likely because they don't make it anymore. At least that's what I'm told. They being 3M. Yes that 3M.

However you can find them on E-bay. There's one there now. Search 3M sport games. The one there is the larger version. No....it's not mine. Fairly realistic and you can set the course as you want, wind shifts,blanketing,chutes. There always seems to be one or two up for sale.

I know it's not real sailing but look at the positives, you stay warm,have starting duels, go from first to last,drink as much as you want without worrying about crashing your real boat into some elses.....or ice.....and to forget about going from first to last.

Anyone know of any other sailing board games?

Have Fun, Keep your hulls warm.

I found an older game from New Zealand that's still in West Marines bargain basement called "Tack-Tics".Up to 18boats on the course at a time is possible, so you can be out on the coarse all day long just like a real LDR race.The term "Break" used in the game is the same as "Header". M6.0 .

We play a game called Cat polo.

2 or 3 boats on a side, a large beach ball (the hard kind are better) and two goals, the rules are
1. as soon as you pick up the ball you have 30 seconds to kick it,
2. the team with the most goals after the time (whatever) wins.
2a, Alternate Rule 2. the first team with 3 goals wins.

The goals are perpendicular to the wind.

Of course this game is played with real catamarans and on soft water but y'all yanks can play this summer when you thaw out.....

Not exactly what y'all had in mind, but I recently bought Sid Meier's Pirates! (the new version) and have been playing it a lot. Being a sailor has really helped my naval battles in this game, and with nothing more than a 20-gun Royal Sloop or a 32-gun Brig of War I've been standing off to windward and pounding Large Frigates and Flag Galleons into utter submission.

The best thing is that when you get the chance to talk about the game, it sounds like a grand adventure!