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Grant Headifen

About Grant Headifen

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.

Entries by Grant Headifen

How to and Why Authenticate a Boating Logbook

August 31, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Whenever you are out on the water sailing, the SailTies app will create a GPS real-time track of your every movement and display it on a map. You can see every tack, gybe, knock, and lift. The guys at SailTies did such an amazing job of creating a user-friendly app for GPS tracking that we decided to hook up with them and allow their data to directly feed right into the student NauticEd logbook.

Seamanship Nav Rules

August 31, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Navigation rules refer many times to good seamanship, The best advice we can give here around seamanship is to get experience…

Action by a Stand-On Vessel Nav Rule

August 31, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Strangely enough, the written text for the action of a Stand-On vessel is longer than that of a Give-Way vessel.

Sailboats Under Power

August 30, 2023/by Grant Headifen

A Sailboat Under Engine Power is a Power-Driven Vessel Rule 3(c) The term “sailing vessel” means any vessel under sail provided that propelling machinery…

Fairlead Control

August 30, 2023/by Grant Headifen

The fairlead is the first control device that the jib sheet passes through on its way back to the cockpit. You can move the fair lead forward or backward.

Boat Heading vs Sail Set and Forces on the Sail

August 30, 2023/by Grant Headifen

The set of your sail depends on your sailing angle to the wind. You’re working to maximize the aerodynamic forces on the sail.

Maintaining a Lookout

August 28, 2023/by Grant Headifen

The Rule Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as…

Overtaking Vessels

August 28, 2023/by Grant Headifen

When overtaking another vessel, we quote the rules exactly because they are incredibly clear…

Vessels in Restricted Visibility

August 28, 2023/by Grant Headifen

What is the safe speed at night, in fog? As safe as it needs to be under good seamanship.

True Wind vs. Apparent Wind

August 27, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Learn the basic difference between True Wind and Apparent Wind…

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