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Description

An unusual pictoral board game, illustrating a sailing trip around Block Island.

The title of the game is "The Newport Yacht Race -- An Exciting Game."  The complete game comes with a chromlithographic box, spinner, sailing boat game pieces and this board.

The map begins and ends in Newport, Rhode Island, with Martha's Vineyard shown to the east and is elegantly adorned with sailing vessels, including steam powered vessels.

The forty squares of the game includes several penalty squares with sailing themed hazards, including:

  • Shoals
  • Sunken Rocks
  • Struck a Rock
  • Short Tack
  • Disabled
  • Shorten Sail to Avoid Collision
  • Headwinds
Condition Description
Folding board game. Minor soiling.