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 Vacation Attitude

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Southern St Lucia is known for the swarming and pushy “official guides”. Each one claiming that they are the official. Years ago when I visited by land and sea I was overwhelmed and was glad to leave.

Bareboat Chartering – Shaking out the Bareboat Charter Dust

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If you like this post – please LIKE it via facebook  thanks it helps us grow Hi – Grant Headifen here. I’m about 3 days into a Bareboat Charter trip in Martinique in the Caribbean. This is one of approx. several dozen such trips all over the world that I have taken. I don’t say that […]

Understanding Tides

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If you like this animation explanation please “LIKE” it and g+1 it. It’s a good exchange for the free value we provide here. thanks How the tides work in practice Here is an animation we came up with to help understand how the tides shift by about 1/2 an hour later each day when you […]

3 Reasons to Twist Your Sail Out

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NauticEd is the World’s Most Advanced Sailing Education and Sailing Certification Program. Perfecting Sail Trim and Twist Here are three reasons you should be twisting out the sail towards the top of the mast  Get rid of excessive heeling Match the wind at the top of the sail to the wind gradient Drum Roll … […]

Sailing in High Winds

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You’ve got to understand balancing the forces and what are the effects of each available sail control when sailing in high winds.

Combat Propwalk

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Prop walk can be quite frustrating on sailboats with a drive shaft. Here are ways to deal with prop walk when backing into a slip.

Sail Trim Finesse

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We are on a close haul at 30 degrees to the wind. I want you to check out this photo and have a good look at the shape of the mainsail. The photo is taken on the windward side of the boat. Look at the black seam line. Good or Bad? Well it is doing exactly […]

How to Effectively use a Wind Meter on a Sailboat

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Using a Wind Meter – get your head out of the boat Please consider our awesome Electronic Navigation course. It is also loaded with similar animations to help you understand many of the electronic aids on a sailboat especially your GPS chart plotter, wind meter and autopilot. First let me state my point of how […]

How to Handle Wind Gusts and Rounding Up

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Rounding up is so – so – so dangerous. Last weekend we were out sailing and a speed boat came ripping by at about 20 knots to the windward of us and only about 60 ft away. Yes they are stupid – yes they should know better and yes they should be shot – but […]