Scott Wilson of Late Entry has discovered a great way to while away cocktail hour at your favorite busy anchorage or marina—a bingo-style game called SailO.  The brainchild of East Coast cruiser Peter Roach, the game requires only a VFH tuned to Channel 16 and a customized bingo sheet.

Here’s a little information to whet your appetite.  Check out Scott’s blog post for the full story.

SailO – Invented by Peter Roach, Captain of Grace, a CSY 44

SailO is a fun game we play on the boat while cruising the East coast of Florida or in the Bahamas. SailO is adapted from Bingo for the cruising and boating community.
The rules for SailO are simple.

To play the game you place a marker over a space on your Bingo style card when you hear a word or phrase said over the VHF radio. You can also get credit for an inference, such as, if you had Radio Check on one of your squares and someone said “can anyone hear me” you would get credit.

What is needed:

Blank cards – we make them up on the computer and they look like this (this one is filled in)

Beans, pennies, or other means of covering the squares. Make sure they are heavy enough so your card and markers will not fly away in a breeze.

A VHF radio

A busy anchorage

How the game is played:

Continue reading “SailO” on the Three Sheets Northwest featured blog Late Entry.