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 to sail in light winds

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Sailing in Light winds Sailing in light air is certainly a skill that needs to be taught by sailing schools when learning to sail. But, here are some very key points you can learn  that will get you moving through the water on light wind days. Light air sailing is very much a learned skill. […]

Man Overboard

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In this post I want to tell a few stories that will alert you to the fact that MOB is going to happen to you, and often when you least expect

Catamaran Sailing Game by NauticEd

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Here is a youtube post by one of our talented students who gets a perfect score playing our Catamaran Maneuvering game. I’m guesssing a few hours were involved here but I’m pretty sure that given this amount of maneuvering experience in real life, Andrew would be an expert at maneuvering a catamaran around in a […]

Captains License

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Captain’s License Here is the latest list of courses associated with the NauticEd Captain’s License. Keep in mind that you must log a minimum of 50 days on the water – 25 of which at minimum must be as master of the vessel and 25 of which must be on a sailboat greater than 28 […]

Day Skipper: Skipper Bundle of Sailing Courses

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Day Skipper When we put the Skipper Sailing Course and the Maneuvering Under Power course together we get the Day Skipper Bundle of courses. Combine that with some sailing experience and you can achieve the NauticEd Sailing Certification of Day Skipper Rank. The Skipper Course is our most comprehensive course. It should take the average […]

Navigation: Electronic or Paper charts?

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So here is a post I did on a recent linkedin forum for sailing instructors. >>>>>> Check this out – my 13 year old nephew recently refused to think about a home work problem and demanded that he look the answer up on the internet. I agree with using tools at hand but understanding the […]