Sailing Education Archives

What is The Biggest Lie in Sailing?

December 4, 2018/by Grant Headifen

The biggest lie in sailing stems from sailing certifications alone as proof enough of competence to charter yachts.

Charter Companies: How the NauticEd Sailing Certification Ranks Work

August 7, 2018/by Grant Headifen

This is a brief for Yacht Charter Companies on How the NauticEd Sailing License and Certification Ranks Work. THE BOTTOM LINE As adequate certification for charterers, charter companies should look for: Bareboat Charter Master Rank Level III, IV, or V; or Captain Rank Level III, IV, or V These Ranks and Levels mean that the […]

How to gain your SLC Mediterranean Sailing and Boating License

May 21, 2018/by Grant Headifen

You must have a Sailing License when chartering in the Mediterranean. Regardless of experience, you should have a SLC Sailing License.

Sailing License for the Mediterranean

April 5, 2018/by Grant Headifen

PRESS RELEASE: This past week, NauticEd’s SLC license was approved as a valid sailing license in the Mediterranean How do you get a Mediterranean Sailing License? Going sailing in Greece, Italy, Croatia, Spain, France, Turkey? Previously, you needed the ICC (International Certificate of Competence), which, for North Americans was practically inaccessible as there are very few […]

Sailing Training Vacations

January 26, 2018/by Grant Headifen

Now, you can learn to sail, improve your sailing skills, and build your mileage…all while on a vacation.

Spinnaker Sailing Course

January 11, 2018/by Grant Headifen

The NauticEd Sail Trim course now includes how to hoist, fly, and douse a spinnaker. Here is an animation embedded into the course so that you can learn the names of the components associated with a spinnaker.

FREE Sailor’s eLogbook

December 10, 2017/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd gives all sailors a free online logbook But some ask why do we do this. We received an email this morning from someone who compliments us on our courses but ripped us a new one for requiring him to enter time into his logbook. Well, we don’t quite “require”, but the software does raise the student’s rank […]

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.

New RYA School in the Grenadines

October 23, 2017/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd is very excited to start working with Sail Grenadines, a yacht charter company, and RYA sailing school located in Bequia Island in the Grenadines. We first met Katie the owner of Sail Grenadines at the Annapolis boat show along with her chief RYA instructor John. John is a hip cool kind of guy who […]

What Do You Mean I Don’t Qualify?

October 20, 2017/by Grant Headifen

My Rant on the Sailing Certification Factories This actually happened today. A yacht charter client of ours submitted his resume to the yacht charter company. He had sailing certifications from another certifying body from 101 through 105. He was turned down. Imagine the disappointment you’d have when you have done all that work and paid all […]