Sailing Instruction and Assessment Standards USCG
NauticEd quickly moves to align its training and assessments to meet and exceed the new standard set by ANSI, a member of ISO.
Entries by Grant Headifen
How to Gain a Boating and Sailing License in the USA
How can an American gain an International Sailing and Boating License? NauticEd issues the internationally accepted sailing license, the SLC. Learn about the SLC here below. At NauticEd, we help people reach their sailing goals and potential. Not surprisingly, most people would like to go bareboat charting on a sailing vacation. The perceived roadblock for […]
Sailboat speed versus sailing angle
I nabbed this image off Pinterest via (https://hobiecat16.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/points-of-sail-vs-boat-speed/). It is a pretty good image that represents the speed of a sailboat versus the sailing angle to the wind. It is pretty easy to read – at dead downwind in a 10-knot breeze the fastest you can get this boat to go is slightly less than […]
Sailing in St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Sailing in the Grenadines includes the beautiful islands in between Saint Vincent and Grenada. They make up part of the island of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the islands north of Grenada although neither the island of St Vincent or Grenada are part of the Grenadine islands.
Hurricane Irma Destroys Charter Fleet in BVI – Now Where?
Our hearts reach out to all those affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. With Irma at maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and minimum barometric pressure of 916 mb, this has been the worst Hurricane in the Atlantic is history. Consequently, the yacht charter fleet in BVI and St Martin has been severely damaged along […]
Sailing with Kids on a Sailing Vacation with Sunsail
How to take Kids on a Sailing Vacation We took our kids on a sailing vacation to the Bahamas with Sunsail in July 2017. Here are two articles: The first (this one) is more about logistics of taking kids and the second one to follow is about the day to day activities we did in […]
Potty Talk and Ying and Yang
It’s a sh*ty job but someone has to do it. On our Beneteau 373 sailboat, we have a Jabsco quiet flush electric marine toilet. Thanks go out to Jabsco for doing such a great job on putting together a comprehensive set of videos to service their marine toilets. A few weeks ago I posted this […]
GPS Tracking for Sailboats and Float Plan Filing
Now users can begin tracking all their sailing ventures using NauticEd’s Tracklink App. Available on iOS, and soon on Android devices.
Sailing in Sicily Day 5 through 7
This is the last 3 days of our sailing trip to the Aeolian Island in Sicily with Spartivento Yacht Charter on two Jeanneau 51.9s.
Sailing in Sicily day 3 and 4
Day 3: Sailing in the Aeolians Islands, Sicily with Spartivento Yacht Charter Company Today we decided to spend the morning in Panarea’s main village San Pietro and then sail later to Stromboli. The little Island of Panarea is really REALLY nice. When you go ashore either take no money or if you have lots of […]
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.
The NauticEd Vacations team are Expert Global Yacht Charter Agents – when you book a sailing vacation or bareboat charter through NauticEd, we don’t charge you a fee – we often save you money since we can compare prices from all yacht charter companies. PLUS, we can give you advice on which destination or charter company will suit your needs best. Inquire about a Sailing Vacation or Charter.