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

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 […]

How to Sail Your Boat to the Dock

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We created these animations to show the process of sailing your boat to the dock when approaching from an up-wind or down-wind position. If you like posts like this then please LIKE it on facebook and also LIKE our facebook page over there ——> You’ll get notifications when we post cool stuff like this. These are […]

Sheet In or Sheet Out?

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Here are some great examples of how you can read the tell-tales and instantly know what to do. Look at each example and decide what you should be doing. In the example, click the selection box you think best on the image. In this example below you are viewing from the starboard side of the […]

Coastal Navigation Tools on Amazon

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Coming soon we will have the Coastal Navigation Tools for the NauticEd Coastal Navigation course available on Amazon Prime packed in a convenient bundle. Sales price will be $44. These are all OEM labeled and printed specifically for the NauticEd Brand Long Island Sound Chart #12354 – full size 46 inches by 23 inches Breton Plotter […]

Head Up or Bear Away?

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<img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6024765766067&cd[value]=0.01&cd[currency]=USD&noscript=1″ />If you like what we have done here, please LIKE it on facebook – thanks it really helps us grow. While you are at it please follow/LIKE our facebook page over there ——> we post fun cool stuff. Here are some great examples of how you can read the […]

How to ferry your boat into the dock

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Ya gotta love this one. LIKE it on facebook please to spread the enLIKEnment. Another Maneuvering technique for your bag of tricks. This is a great trick we learned in the Bahamas last week when doing our ICC license with Mark Thompson from Yachting Education. Mark has been instructing students for 30 years and has […]

Master of the Vessel vs Crew

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Here is an excellent question from a student with our answer. It is in regards to entering Master of the vessel time into his NauticEd online sailing logbook. >>>>>>>>>>>> My name is Ben , and I am a NauticEd Member. I am quite fond of the program and think it is a wonderful tool for […]

How to Gain a Sailing Certification

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I have just finished writing an eBook on How to Gain a Sailing Certification. The information included within it comes from years of knowledge, gained from working with and interviewing several yacht charter companies. The eBook is free for you to download. Yes, free! Simply click on the image below and download the eBook now. […]

Mast head light confusion

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Lights can be confusing at the onset. In this particular topic, sailors tend to get confused because they think a mast is only on a sailboat.