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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

Sailing Books by Nauticed

October 19, 2016/by Grant Headifen

Announcing NauticEd’s Books Series But these aren’t just any ol’ books – these are paper hybrid ebooks. What the heck is that? They are paper books with QR codes. The QR code leads the reader to further and in-depth resources like an animation, video, or link to a website for more knowledge. The books are stand […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 1

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is the start to a 10-day blog series sailing on a Lagoon 450 with the yacht charter company BVI Yacht Charters based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. We used approximately the 10-day itinerary in the above google maps animation.

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 2

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is Day 2 of our sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 450. Needing a little hair of the dog from Willie T’s, the crew elected to sail to Jost Van Dyke island for our next stop over in White Bay where the famous Soggy Dollar bar […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 3 and 4

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is day 3 and 4 of sailing in The BVI with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 450. DROP AND GIVE ME 20 yelled Jeff as we did mountain climbers, burpies, press ups and beach sprints for a morning workout. What a way to start a day and White Bay beach is the best […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 5

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

At the north west end of Cane Garden bay is the water and fuel dock.  To start the day. we topped off with water and fuel and headed out for a sail up the north side of Tortola. The At the dock I filmed a couple of videos that we will be including in our […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 6

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is Day 6 of sailing in the BVI with BVI Yacht Charters for 10 days on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran In the morning we snorkeled the coral garden in the north east end of Savannah Bay for a second time. See day 5 for a quick underwater video of the coral. This area is […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days day 7

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

Come along for day 7 of our trip to the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters of a Lagoon 45 Catamaran.

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 8-9-10

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is days 8, 9, and 10 of our 10 day sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran. Day 8 Some of the crew needed to leave early and so we sailed from the idyllic Cooper Island to Roadtown so that they could meet an 11:30 ferry. We […]

Practical Training Course Matrix

September 19, 2016/by Grant Headifen

With responsible sailing knowledge there is, of course, theory and practical skills to learn and demonstrate. When you get with your practical instructor, it is highly recommended to complete the appropriate theory courses prior to the practical training. Otherwise, you’ll spend too much time on the basics preventing the instructor from doing their real work which […]

Lights on Navigation Markers (ATONS)

August 17, 2016/by Grant Headifen

Bookmark this page for future use and reference. This is a partial section out of our NauticEd Skipper Course and our NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course which discusses lights on ATONs. If you find this useful then perhaps you might consider taking either of the courses. Coastal Navigation is only $39 and covers most everything you need to […]

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