Grant Headifen

About Grant Headifen

Grant Headifen is a USCG-certified Master Mariner (50-Ton), founder of NauticEd, and one of the sailing world's most recognized educators. With 46 years on the water, charters across 40+ global destinations, 5 sailing books, 30+ online courses, and 300,000+ students worldwide, Grant brings real-world expertise to every article. He pioneered fractional boat ownership through SailTime and serves on the Texas Boater Safety Advisory Board. NauticEd is the only U.S. sailing education body recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard under American National Standards.

Entries by Grant Headifen

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.

Sailing in Thailand – Day 3

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If you like our trip – please LIKE it via facebook and g+1 it – thanks it helps us grow. This is the continuing NauticEd Staff and friends Thailand Sailing trip with The Moorings on a Catamaran 4600. Last night we slept anchored up next to the beautiful Rai Leh beach which was an excellent […]

Blue Water Sailing Opportunities

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“All hand’s on deck for blue water sailing” Over the next two months Yachting Education have 3 offshore Sailing opportunities between Bahamas, Ft Lauderdale & Annapolis. Here are the some brief details;  1. May 18-23 Marsh Harbor to Ft Lauderdale via “Atlantis” On board Sunday night 17th for sunset cocktails and am departure. Voyage will head south from Abaco […]

Sailing in Thailand – Day 2

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This is Day 2 of our Sailing trip with the Moorings in Thailand. What a great evening that was last night – anchored up completely remotely next to Ko Ku Du Yai with the delicious dinner of shrimp from the local fishermen. Here are our crew boys peeling the shrimp. Here is today’s charted itinerary […]

How to Calculate Course To Steer (CTS)

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If you like our problems and solutions, LIKE us on facebook and g+1 us. It really helps us grow – thanks for that. AND you’ll get instant notification when we make a new problem or post a solution. How cool is that? Course to Steer Calculation Given the last Rate and Direction problem, now calculate […]

Sailing In Thailand – Day 1

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Ok, raise your right hand and repeat after me “I promise to go sailing in Thailand before I kick the bucket”.The NauticEd team has just completed a familiarization trip in the Phuket Thailand cruising area.

Sailing Preparations Phuket Thailand – Tides

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It’s one day out before we leave for Phuket, Thailand. We’re going to be bareboat chartering a Cat 4600 from the Moorings. Today I’m doing some final prep work. I have downloaded the World Tides 2015 App for $2.99. When I arrive and during the trip I want to be on top of the tides (pun intended).

How to calculate rate and direction aka drift and set

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In the USA, the terms “set and drift” are often used when it comes to specifying current flow. It is found that this is confusing to many students and in the rest of the world the terms rate and direction are used. At NauticEd, we adopt the term “rate and direction” in favor of the […]

New Updated Sailing App

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If you like our App please LIKE this post on facebook and g+1 it. Thanks. Our new sailing app is now here This weekend we launched our new updated NauticEd Sailing App. We think it’s pretty cool- mostly because of the thousands (and thousands) of dollars invested in it (well … and the cool features). […]

Docking a Sailboat Requires a Plan

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Here’s a couple of good docking stories and also see below for a great animation on how to dock a sailboat in a tight space in the marina. If you like this story please LIKE it on facebook. Thanks it really helps us grow and in this case helps prevent people from damaging theirs and […]