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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 gybe with a dipping pole

July 30, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Last week we were out on a Beneteau First 45 to participate in a local regatta race series. Until now I’d been working the main and Genoa but this week I wanted to step up and run the spinnaker sheet. Not usually a problem because I’ve done it plenty of times before … but this […]

Anchoring and going to the potty HTML5 animations

July 19, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Anchoring and going to the head animations With the introduction of iPad technology into the eLearning arena, animated gifs and flash files don’t work anymore and so we’re learning to use HTML animations and simulations instead and embed into our courses. The animations are fun to build but they do take a long time to […]

Skipper Course now Available in iTunes

July 7, 2012/by Grant Headifen

BREAKING NEWS: Apple iTunes just released our NauticEd Skipper Course ibook onto the iBooks store. The iBook is a comprehensive beginner to intermediate multimedia  sailing course which mimics the content material in the online version of the skipper course. The listed price of the iBook is $19.99. The associated test is not included in the […]

Check Your Anchor Rode

July 7, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Checking your anchor rode is a critical safety item that needs to be addressed by every boat owner at least once per season.

Sailing in Tahiti: Navigation Tips

June 30, 2012/by Grant Headifen

The NauticEd crew headed out on our annual Bareboat Charter Master Graduation Sailing Trip. Lessons learned and navigation tips sailing in Tahiti.

Transit of Venus: Celestial Navigation

June 5, 2012/by Grant Headifen

This won’t happen again in our lifetimes apparently. Venus, as I write is transiting the sun and a few moments ago I got to see it. It’s a very small dot on the sun but viewable none the less unmagnified. But you HAVE TO wear eclipse glasses or welding glasses to protect your eye and […]

Anchoring in a Regatta Race

May 27, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Best tactics and practices for properly anchoring while in a regatta race.

How to Pull on a Line

May 27, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Here’s a quicky sailing tip that isn’t documented in too many places. And you might think it’s a bit basic but I’ve even seen old time sailing instructors doing this the wrong way. One day their luck is going to run out. Fortunately we got to you just in time. I was out racing last […]

Mayday Mayday Mayday: Collision at Sea

April 26, 2012/by Grant Headifen

The more time you spend on the ocean the more incidences you will encounter. Here’s a life threatening event that happened to me this week.

Sailing Video: Informative and Slightly Funny

February 27, 2012/by Grant Headifen

This week we launched a new sailing video to help explain NauticEd sailing school; what we do and how we do it.

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