Boat Races

An E-Week Boat Race, closely supervised for spillage by a Coord (white tank)

A Boat Race (Beer on a Table Race), is a drinking game played between two teams of equal numbers. It's a game of speed and cleanliness; each team will line up, drinking a beer participant by participant until completed. Majors and minors are assigned for spillage, there are variations to the rules as well.

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Boat races have nothing to do with the nautical arts. Please visit Concrete Canoe for that voodoo.

Vocabulary

Sub Two: This means your chug time is below two seconds. Think hard about what you've done to achieve this.
Anchor: In a two beer boat race, the order is from left to right to left (12344321). The person who drinks two beers in a row, in this case person #4, is the anchor. Regulation Cup: This is the variation of plastic cups provided to the EUS by Sleeman; it holds 16oz, but the more important factor is the flexibility of the plastic. It is approximately equal to this model, and is a staple for any boat race.
'Major: This is when an obscene amount of beer is spilled, which in the context of a boat race is approximately 3oz+. Every major will result in the addition of 5 seconds to the team's time. 'Minor: This is when any amount of beer is spilled less than a major. Every minor will result in the addition of 2 seconds to the team's time. Differentiating between a Major and Minor is at the discretion of the referee/coord in charge.

Variations

Anchor Only

This is a cruel race in which every participant must drink two cups in a row; i.e., everyone is an anchor. While one team must win, in truth everybody loses. Have trashbags at the ready.

Water, Coffee, etc.

Boat races extends to the speedy consumption of any good. Simply replace the first letter with the item of which you will be consuming (e.g. water= Woat Race, Ice Cream= Icoat Race, and so on), the same rules apply. All you can eat sushi is a great venue for this variation.