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July 29, 2015/by Grant Headifen

If you think this is the greatest idea on the planet or at least just a very good one, please like us on facebook. Posted by Grant Headifen, Global Director of Education – NauticEd. One of the greatest things I love about my job is the ability to apply the latest technology to the sailing […]

Entering Experience into your sailors logbook

July 9, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Airline pilots, naval seamen, scientists and scuba divers all maintain a logbook. So why don’t sailors? Because it’s just in the too hard bucket with seemingly no point to do it. Until Now! If you ever want to charter, you MUST have a sailing resume. Yacht charter companies DO NOT accept a sailing certification – […]

Another who gives way

July 4, 2015/by Grant Headifen

<img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6026130362467&cd[value]=0.01&cd[currency]=USD&noscript=1″ /> NauticEd offers a FREE course in Navigation Rules – it is a fun, entertaining, multimedia online course and will bring you up to speed on what you as a responsible sailor should know. Takes about 40 minutes and is well worth the time. Plus you’ll get to see […]

Practical Competency vs ICC Assessment

June 28, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Here is a question from one of our students and our answer: Grant, I am trying to find a school that will administer your verified competency test or checkout. I thought I read that it could be done in one day by one of your affiliated schools. I am making a trip to Annapolis, MD in […]

How to Sail Your Boat to the Dock

May 28, 2015/by Grant Headifen

We created these animations to show the process of sailing your boat to the dock when approaching from an up-wind or down-wind position. If you like posts like this then please LIKE it on facebook and also LIKE our facebook page over there ——> You’ll get notifications when we post cool stuff like this. These are […]

Sheet In or Sheet Out?

May 25, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Here are some great examples of how you can read the tell-tales and instantly know what to do. Look at each example and decide what you should be doing. In the example, click the selection box you think best on the image. In this example below you are viewing from the starboard side of the […]

Coastal Navigation Tools on Amazon

May 24, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Coming soon we will have the Coastal Navigation Tools for the NauticEd Coastal Navigation course available on Amazon Prime packed in a convenient bundle. Sales price will be $44. These are all OEM labeled and printed specifically for the NauticEd Brand Long Island Sound Chart #12354 – full size 46 inches by 23 inches Breton Plotter […]

Head Up or Bear Away?

May 24, 2015/by Grant Headifen

<img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6024765766067&amp;cd[value]=0.01&amp;cd[currency]=USD&amp;noscript=1″ />If you like what we have done here, please LIKE it on facebook – thanks it really helps us grow. While you are at it please follow/LIKE our facebook page over there ——> we post fun cool stuff. Here are some great examples of how you can read the […]

How to ferry your boat into the dock

May 17, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Ya gotta love this one. LIKE it on facebook please to spread the enLIKEnment. Another Maneuvering technique for your bag of tricks. This is a great trick we learned in the Bahamas last week when doing our ICC license with Mark Thompson from Yachting Education. Mark has been instructing students for 30 years and has […]

Master of the Vessel vs Crew

May 17, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Here is an excellent question from a student with our answer. It is in regards to entering Master of the vessel time into his NauticEd online sailing logbook. >>>>>>>>>>>> My name is Ben , and I am a NauticEd Member. I am quite fond of the program and think it is a wonderful tool for […]