from the box:'It takes super sailin' to reach the pirate treasure before you're blasted out of the water!' ____________________________________________________________--Players spin the cutlass and move their ships round the board on their way to the treasure chest.--If the spinning cutlass lands on 'Blast', the spinning player gets to attempt to 'blast' an opponent's ship by placing an air pump into one of the two openings adjacent to the move space...and slamming it!--The result? Roughly one-in-three chance the opponent's ship will be blasted into the air!!! (and forced back several spaces) careful, if your ship is on the same move space, you can blast your own ship! Unofficially, the game inspires plenty of forceful blast efforts as players strive to see just how high and far they can blast the ships off the gameboard! I found the whole 'blasting' concept quite intoxicating and intriguing when I was eight! (ok, I still do!) (****similar in 'pump' mechanics to 'Battleboard.') - BoardGameGeek