Weather Helm Vs Lee Helm – What is it? How to use it?
Most of us sort of understand the concept of weather and lee helm, but few explanations go into how it gives your boat a sailing advantage.
Entries by Grant Headifen
Stopping Rounding Up Dead in it’s Tracks
Rounding up is caused by many factors. One is too much wind and force aloft which tends to heel the boat over. This reduces the amount of rudder in the water and thus the rudder’s effectiveness. Another factor in rounding up is the center of pressure of wind on the sails is too far aft […]
Sailing Certification Question
Here is a question posted by one of our students today with our response following. On 6/4/10 1:54 PM, “Ted” wrote: I have recently started through your courses in the hope of chartering next winter. My own boat is a 25′ Catalina. From your information it appears that I will not receive credit for […]
Clever Sailing Tip
Ever had trouble trying to trim the genoa car forward or back whilst it is under load from the sail? We have the trick for you.
Day 6 of an introduction to NauticEd
This is the final day of your introduction to NauticEd. Watch the video and/or read the text below. Today we’re discussing chartering a yacht on a sailing vacation and the NauticEd Post Graduation Sailing Trip. After having lead dozens of sailing trips all over the world including Greece, Croatia, The British Virgin Islands, Grenada, St. […]
Day 5 of 6 in an introduction to NauticEd
This is day 5 of 6 in your introduction to NauticEd International Sailing School Watch the video and/or read the text below. Today we’re discussing practical sailing schools and how you can get a verified proficiency stamp added to your sailing certificate. The Verified Proficiency Mark is an acknowledgement that the student has had on […]
Day 4 of Introduction to NauticEd
This is day 4 of 6 in your introduction to NauticEd International Sailing School. Watch the video and/or read the text below. Today we’ll help you discover which courses are best suited for you personally. We developed a series of 11 quick questions that will easily eliminate any confusion about which course you should be […]
Bareboat Charter Crew Briefing List
We received a lot of interest in the Bareboat Charter Course Crew Briefing Check list that we sent out via our mailer earlier in the week. Some additional and excellent tips were sent in by some of you and so we have updated the list. See it now at the bottom of this page: Bareboat […]
Life Saving Tip for downwind sailing
Some tips are long and some are short – This short one will save your life or one of your crew. As you know – sailing downwind has the dangerous potential of the accidental gybe. This can be quite a common occurrence if you have an inexperienced crew at the helm or perhaps with a […]
Day 3 of your Introduction to NauticEd
This is day 3 of 6 in your introduction to NauticEd International Sailing School. Watch the video and/or read the text below. Today we’ll discuss why and how to fill out your free online boating resume and our free iPhone App which lets you update your boating resume on the fly. Also, watch this video about […]
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