• Imagine the floor in your meeting hall is the deck of a ship, or draw lines in the sand on a visit to the beach.
• Everyone start in the middle, and the person running the game calls out a direction.
• Everyone has to run to or past the part of the ship that is called, and the last person is out.
• Play until every person is out except for the winner.
• You might take time for a few games, so that everyone can have fun and more than one person can be a winner.

Actions

• The bow is the front of a boat
• The stern is the back
• The Port is the left side (when you face forward)
• The Starboard is the right side.
• Hit the deck: lay down on your stomach (or if players don't want to get dirty, they can crouch down)
• Attention on deck: salute and yell, "Aye, aye captain!" -- players may not move now until the captain gives the order of, "At ease!" (i.e. even if the captain gives a different order such as "to the ship" the crew must continue to remain at attention until told "at ease")
• Three men in a boat: the crew must form groups of three and sing "Row, row, row your boat" Anybody who is not in a group of three is out.
• The love boat: crew members grab a partner and dance. Anybody without a partner is out.
• Clear the deck: everyone must have their feet up off the floor
• Scrub the deck: everyone on their knees scrubbing
• Captain's Quarters: everyone ran towards the captain.
• Man-over-board: Players must find a partner as quickly as possible.  One partner must lay on their stomach while the other places their foot on their partner's back.  Anyone without a partner or pairs that are too slow are eliminated.
• A Periscope: Every player falls on their back and sticks one leg in the air.  The last ones are eliminated.
• SHARK!!!!: Everyone must run to a designated base (multiple bases can be used).  The last player to the base is eliminated.
• Crow's nest: All players must find a partner.  The lightest player rides on their partner's back.  Those without partners or who assemble the crow's nest too slowly are eliminated.
• Three maids in a row: Players form groups of three and sit in a vertical row.  The players who are the odd-man-out are eliminated.
• Sick turtle:Everyone falls onto their backs and waves their hands and feet in the air.
• Row the Boat: Each player finds a partner, sits face to face, holds hands, and pretends to row a boat.  Players who can't find partners or who are too slow are eliminated.