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

Want to sail around the world?

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If sailing around the world or parts thereof is on your bucket list then this is a blog for you. I got a fairly typical call today from one of our sailing students. His plan is to take off and sail around the world some time in the near future. He had just taken our […]

PRESS RELEASE: Boating Safety Technology

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Press Release Contact: Grant Headifen                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9AM, CST, November 8 , 2012 Ground Breaking Technology – for Boating Safety “John you should meet Joe – he’s a big time sailor” – You’ve heard that plenty of times before – but is Joe really a big time sailor? What’s the gauge? And what about […]

Dinghy Sailing iBook for Kids 8 to 80

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PRESS RELEASE: November 1, 2012. NAUTICED “What’s better than a fun electronic kids game on an iPad? Learning to sail a dinghy using the interactive capabilities of an iPad – that’s what!” That’s what NauticEd is saying about their latest iBook “Your first Weekend of Dinghy Sailing”. The 60 page ibook is focused on teaching […]

Sailing Badges

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With NauticEd’s Sailing Badges and Status program, students now earn badges based on their specific boating and sailing activities.

How to Earn Sailing Status

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Sailing Status With the NauticEd Badges and Sailing Status program, you earn Status by the total number of accumulated points you have earned regardless of the Badges you have earned. Learn about the Sailing Badges and Status program. View the Sailing Badges graphics There are 6 Levels of Status. In the real weather reporting world, […]

Gybe Boo Boo

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Gybing can be pretty dangerous at the best of times. The boom comes across very fast and you’ve got to get everything just right.

The Wind Triangle: Apparent Wind vs True Wind

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Apparent wind is a vector summation of the boat velocity and the true wind velocity. The animation we have included below shows how the apparent wind changes with boat angle to the wind, given no change in boat speed and true wind velocity. Sailing concepts like this are discussed in depth in our NauticEd Skipper […]

Handling a wind gust in a dinghy

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Below, we have included a brand new animation that will help you better understand how exactly to handle a wind gust when you are sailing a dinghy. This specific animation, along with many more, will be going into our new Dinghy Sailing iBook “Your First Weekend in Dinghy Sailing.” The iBook will be available for […]