Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to race around the island of Salamis. The race will be divided into two sections over five days:

Race 1: Peiraeus harbor to Megara.
Race 2: Megara back to Peiraeus harbor, via Eleusis.

Teams have 36 hours within which to create a written "log entry" describing their race journey each day.

General Rules

1. A maximum of 4 people, including the captain, is allowed in a team.
2. All boats must be sailing boats (yachts).
3. Each race will have certain tasks and obstacles set, and a set number of items that will be distributed to each crew. Clever use of these items will cause you to save time (points):
   • Some golden straps
   • One sewing kit
   • One spear
   • One bow and quiver of arrows
   • A lump of lead
   • One axe
   • One pot of honey
   • One piece of pottery from Panainos's workshop, located at Athenai N9 E10. You must call this item by its Greek name. As a bonus incentive, if you finish the boat race the judges will purchase a copy of this pot for your collectibles list!
   • Loaf of bread
   • One herb of choice
   • Two obols
   • One large club, labelled "Property of Herakles"
   • One lion skin, labelled "Property of Herakles"
4. Things you shouldn't write about:
   • Harming other ships
   • Fantasy inspired magic (e.g., spells, potions, magic shields/swords/helmets/sandals). You may refer to historical Ancient Greek magic/superstition etc. as long as it fits in with race.
   • Deities influencing proceedings to make you win or to sabotage the other teams.

Entries

To enter the race, post in the boat race thread indicating the following:

• The name of your boat
• The name of each member of the crew
• The name of the team captain

Judging

The judges will be MDidia and Epistate.

Scoring System: Points are awarded with least points for first place, most for last place. Points mean time, so the fewer points you have, the faster your time. Each race log will receive a score based on the following system.

Penalties (minutes added to your total time)

Offense Minutes Ramming another team's ship +5 Damaging another team's ship +10 Sinking another team's ship Disqualification for that race Destroying an obstacle altogether Disqualification for that race Using magic to make you win +5 Invoking gods to make you win +5 Not taking into account weather conditions +2 to +5 Not taking into account obstacles +5 to +10 per obstacle Not taking into account dangerous obstacles Disqualification for that race

Gains (minutes removed from your total time):

Action Minutes Using one or more issued item to get past an obstacle -2 per item Using an issued item in another creative way -1 Defeating an obstacle as described in history or myth -5 Defeating an obstacle in a way not described in history or myth -5 to -10 depending on creativity level Defeating an obstacle by brute force 0 (neutral) Using weather conditions to your advantage -2 to -5 depending on creativity level Using one obstacle to defeat another -2 to -5 depending on creativity level

Award

Each member of the winning team will receive a gorgeous award made by Epistate and 50 patriot points. In addition, the winners will receive a cash prize of 40 mnai to be split among the team members.

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