Coastal Navigation Archives

Tide Calculation Pop Quiz

March 22, 2019/by Grant Headifen

Tide Calculation Pop Quiz – here’s are a quick few tidal problems for you to solve.

Lines of Position

November 26, 2017/by Grant Headifen

This is a Lines of Position exercise from our Coastal Navigation course, which is loaded with practical exercises.

GPS Tracking for Sailboats and Float Plan Filing

July 5, 2017/by Grant Headifen

Now users can begin tracking all their sailing ventures using NauticEd’s Tracklink App. Available on iOS, and soon on Android devices.

IALA-A and IALA-B Navigation Marks and Atons

March 28, 2017/by Grant Headifen

BOOK MARK THIS PAGE Getting confused about Lateral Navigation Marks and ATONs? There are two systems in the world. IALA-A and IALA-B. Basically, the colors are opposite but here is the infographic. This information and everything else you need to know about coastal navigation is in the NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course. It’s only $39. Upon completion, the course is […]

Navigation: Distance off a point method or double the angle

January 13, 2017/by Grant Headifen

Each of our course pages has a nano-forum (called SeaTalks) attached so that students can comment on the content of that page. Recently a student asked a question on the nano-forum about the distance off/double the angle method and pointed out something which when we did the geometry analysis it turns up something quite revealing. The […]

Sailing Virgins in the BVI joins NauticEd

December 9, 2016/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd Finds Sailing Virgins Sailing School Only ten years ago America’s Cup contenders achieved around 13 knots boat speed. Now they are achieving close to 45 knots – in just ten years! Sailors in such a competition used to wear deck vests. Now they need body armor. Sailing is changing, fast. Sailing Virgins is a […]

Set and Drift or Direction and Rate Problem

December 6, 2016/by Grant Headifen

Just for practice – solve the following problem on the Long Island Sound Chart. This is the chart that we use in the NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course. At 2245 your GPS fixes your position at LAT 41 deg 01.75′ N and LONG 72 deg 48.40′ W. You are steering course 086 deg psc at […]

Lights on Navigation Markers (ATONS)

August 17, 2016/by Grant Headifen

Bookmark this page for future use and reference. This is a partial section out of our NauticEd Skipper Course and our NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course which discusses lights on ATONs. If you find this useful then perhaps you might consider taking either of the courses. Coastal Navigation is only $39 and covers most everything you need to […]

Sailing Tracking App

June 25, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is the help page for the TrackLink App. We will continue to post known issues below. Please let us know if you see anything arise. But first, view this video below to see how the App works.

Who Gives Way, Adrift Powerboat or Sailboat under power?

April 29, 2016/by Grant Headifen

If you like this post, please LIKE it on facebook. Thanks – it helps our waterways be safer. This is a question in our FREE Navigation Rules Course which covers in-depth the International Rules of Collision at Sea aka ColRegs. The Powerboat is adrift. Who gives way? Using our nano forum technology, one of our […]