Crew Overboard
Crew (“Man”) Overboard (MOB) is fortunately relatively rare, but chances are that in your sailing career it will happen.
My vision for NauticEd is to ensure that families and friends get out on the water not only safely but with true COMPETENCE, confidently savoring every moment of their valuable time.
Achieving this means being the pinnacle of sailing and boating education—offering comprehensive multi-media theoretical instruction coupled with hands-on, on-the-water training through our global network of American National Standards Instructors. We steadfastly avoid becoming a mere certification mill; our focus is on delivering genuine competence, ensuring our students are well-prepared for enjoyable, real-world boating experiences.
Crew (“Man”) Overboard (MOB) is fortunately relatively rare, but chances are that in your sailing career it will happen.
Batteries are a vessel’s major source of power for many essential functions both when in the slip and while sailing.
Anchor design has been the focus of much research over thousands of years, and as a result, there are
There are many reasons for anchoring your boat…
Like a water bucket, batteries have a specific storage capacity and must be refilled/recharged when their contents of energy are depleted.
We are well into the 21st century. Chances are that within 30 feet (10 meters) of you right now there are 2-3 GPS-enabled potentially lifesaving devices…
Below is an animation that shows the balance of forces: actually it is technically the balance of a concept called “moments.”
Emergencies at sea extend from simple and almost funny episodes to major challenges that are extremely serious.
Weather is a highly complex natural phenomenon. Globally, it is all connected and operates on a multitude of physical laws.
The faster the boat sails into the wind, the more the apparent wind speed increases and the more it feels like it is coming from the front of the boat. They say “The apparent wind is forward of the true wind”. This means the apparent wind feels like it comes from a more forward direction than the true wind.
NauticEd is a fully recognized education and certification platform for sailing students combining online and on-the-water real instruction (and now VR). NauticEd offers +24 online courses, a free sailor's toolkit that includes 2 free courses, and six ranks of certification – all integrated into NauticEd’s proprietary platform. The USCG and NASBLA recognize NauticEd as having met the established American National Standards. Learn more at www.nauticed.org.
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