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 a Barber Hauler Works

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If you like this post Please LIKE it and LIKE us on facebook – over there ——-> Easy Rigging a Barber Hauler on Your Boat A Barber Hauler was invented by the Barber brothers (I know, can you believe it?!). They wanted to be able to further control the shape of the jibsail and the […]

How to Turn Your Sailboat in a Tight Marina

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Turning your boat in a tight marina can be intimidating if you don’t know the secret. The Secret to Turning Around in a Tight Marina If you like this little secret exposed the LIKE us on facebook over there ———-> It’s pretty simple really, you just make propwalk work for you using a combination of […]

Angular Momentum When Backing into a Slip

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Backing into a slip is indeed an art form. But once you learn it you’ll be proud of it and your crew will be impressed. If you like this little tidbit of information, LIKE us on facebook Here is a situation that comes up when needing to make a tight turn into the slip. During […]

High Wind Docking Maneuvers

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How to back your sailboat into a slip with a high cross wind against the direction of propwalk. If you like this post please like us on facebook over there ——-> Watch this animation. It deals with an extremely high wind situation. The trouble is that you are wanting to turn the boat against propwalk […]

Deep Inside NauticEd’s Back End eLearning Software

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If you think our eLearning Software is pretty cool please like us on facebook. We thank you, as it really helps us grow (and pay for the software investment). Last week we gave NauticEd eLearning Software a fresh, brand new look. Here is a video giving a run through of the back end and how […]

NauticEd Sailing Nano-Forums

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If you think this is the greatest idea on the planet or at least just a very good one, please like us on facebook. Posted by Grant Headifen, Global Director of Education – NauticEd. One of the greatest things I love about my job is the ability to apply the latest technology to the sailing […]

Entering Experience into your sailors logbook

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Airline pilots, naval seamen, scientists and scuba divers all maintain a logbook. So why don’t sailors? Because it’s just in the too hard bucket with seemingly no point to do it. Until Now! If you ever want to charter, you MUST have a sailing resume. Yacht charter companies DO NOT accept a sailing certification – […]

Another who gives way

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<img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6026130362467&amp;cd[value]=0.01&amp;cd[currency]=USD&amp;noscript=1″ /> NauticEd offers a FREE course in Navigation Rules – it is a fun, entertaining, multimedia online course and will bring you up to speed on what you as a responsible sailor should know. Takes about 40 minutes and is well worth the time. Plus you’ll get to see […]

NauticEd is now the official provider for the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets

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Please give us kudos for this achievement by liking this on facebook. Such an awesome endorsement – The U.S. Naval Sea Cadet, Courageous Division Sailing Program has taken NauticEd on as the sole provider for sailing training. We think this is pretty cool and a great endorsement for our hard work over the past 8 […]

Practical Competency vs ICC Assessment

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Here is a question from one of our students and our answer: Grant, I am trying to find a school that will administer your verified competency test or checkout.  I thought I read that it could be done in one day by one of your affiliated schools.  I am making a trip to Annapolis, MD in […]