I never had to lure the kids to go sailing, mainly because they were born and sailed all their lives, so they don't know any better, BUT...I do remember once or twice, when Fred (mu oldest now 11), was 4 or 5, we used to take my previous boat and sail past the many Forts, fortifications, watch towers and castles built on ours shores, and I used to tell him how those forts were built to protect the coast from the Arabs (moors), as our Kings even up to 1780 were affraid the Arabs would invade again, (since we managed to scare away any Spanish maritime invasion, and Napoleon cam by land).
We wuld then pretend we were attacking them using the spi pole as a cannon...
here is one of the forts
then one day I made this so he would enjoy the spi
Now..my oldest sails in same waters 3 times a week