Good news today everyone! The NauticEd blog has been awarded as being in the top 40 of sailing blogs in the world. Today we are sitting at #13. Here is the letter from the founder of Feedspot who does this ranking. ### Hi NauticEd Team, My name is Anuj Agarwal. I’m Founder of Feedspot. I would like […]
Maneuvering your gorgeous sailboat under power in the marina is one of the more important skills to learn. Wind, current and tight spaces can be very intimidating and not knowing all the tricks can lead to expensive mistakes as well as serious ego damage. NauticEd‘s new paper book titled “Maneuver and Dock Your Sailboat Under […]
One of our NauticEd students (Doug) called us today asking where to go on a sailing vacation. In particular, he was asking about a Bareboat Yacht Charter in Tonga or Tahiti. He had been to the Caribbean plenty of times and was looking for something a little different.
Boat Sharing Article by Grant Headifen: Director of Education for NauticEd. So I always get questions like this “How can I get time logged into my logbook when I don’t own a boat?” There are heaps of ways including friend’s boats and yacht clubs and boat share clubs and fractional membership companies. But there is […]
Each of our course pages has a nano-forum (called SeaTalks) attached so that students can comment on the content of that page. Recently a student asked a question on the nano-forum about the distance off/double the angle method and pointed out something which when we did the geometry analysis it turns up something quite revealing. The […]
If you don’t know, water is supposed to be on the outside of the boat. Only Rum and a few other libations are supposed to be on the inside. Searching for a leak in the boat can be exhausting, and so here are some tips.
Learn Sailboat Giveway Rules and Cure Boredom at the Same Time. Here is a fun sailing game you can play ol’ school like when stuck on an airplane with a sailing buddy. It’s kinda like the old Race Car Vector Grid game but better ’cause it’s sailing. If you can drag your kids off the iPad, […]
Many charter companies can stock and provision your boat before you arrive. This is a good idea for the basics but there is usually little imagination in the food that is supplied. So we recommend allowing the charter company to provision for basics but plan on a trip to the supermarket for the sometimes delectable local foods and cheeses.
NauticEd Finds Sailing Virgins Sailing School Only ten years ago America’s Cup contenders achieved around 13 knots boat speed. Now they are achieving close to 45 knots – in just ten years! Sailors in such a competition used to wear deck vests. Now they need body armor. Sailing is changing, fast. Sailing Virgins is a […]
Just for practice – solve the following problem on the Long Island Sound Chart. This is the chart that we use in the NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course. At 2245 your GPS fixes your position at LAT 41 deg 01.75′ N and LONG 72 deg 48.40′ W. You are steering course 086 deg psc at […]
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