Possible Clues:

• Deceive leaders of tournament on position of ball
• Keep still in boat as attempt to deceive
• Give a false story
• Not be up-front with
• Tell a story
• Gull to stop moving on water
• Blair kept box in which even letters deceive
• Hoodwink, perhaps
• Be prone to deceive
• Remain stationary while facing the wind, in nautical lingo