How to ferry your boat into the dock

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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 […]

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Master of the Vessel vs Crew

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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 […]

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How to Gain a Sailing Certification

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I have just finished writing an eBook on How to Gain a Sailing Certification. The information included within it comes from years of knowledge, gained from working with and interviewing several yacht charter companies. The eBook is free for you to download. Yes, free! Simply click on the image below and download the eBook now. […]

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Mast head light confusion

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Here is a question from a Student who posted it on Disqus. I felt it was important enough to post out here for public. Displaying correct lights on boats is important. QUESTION: Could you please provide more of an explanation for the following: Although ‘steaming light’ is used extensively, this does not have a definition […]

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Blue Water Sailing Opportunities

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“All hand’s on deck for blue water sailing” Over the next two months Yachting Education have 3 offshore Sailing opportunities between Bahamas, Ft Lauderdale & Annapolis. Here are the some brief details;  1. May 18-23 Marsh Harbor to Ft Lauderdale via “Atlantis” On board Sunday night 17th for sunset cocktails and am departure. Voyage will head south from Abaco […]

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How to Calculate Course To Steer (CTS)

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If you like our problems and solutions, LIKE us on facebook and g+1 us. It really helps us grow – thanks for that. AND you’ll get instant notification when we make a new problem or post a solution. How cool is that? Course to Steer Calculation Given the last Rate and Direction problem, now calculate […]

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How to calculate rate and direction aka drift and set

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In the USA, the terms “set and drift” are often used when it comes to specifying current flow. It is found that this is confusing to many students and in the rest of the world the terms rate and direction are used. At NauticEd, we adopt the term “rate and direction” in favor of the […]

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New Updated Sailing App

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If you like our App please LIKE this post on facebook and g+1 it. Thanks. Our new sailing app is now here This weekend we launched our new updated NauticEd Sailing App. We think it’s pretty cool- mostly because of the thousands (and thousands) of dollars invested in it (well … and the cool features). […]

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Docking a Sailboat Requires a Plan

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Here’s a couple of good docking stories and also see below for a great animation on how to dock a sailboat in a tight space in the marina. If you like this story please LIKE it on facebook. Thanks it really helps us grow and in this case helps prevent people from damaging theirs and […]

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