Man Overboard

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In this post I want to tell a few stories that will alert you to the fact that MOB is going to happen to you, and often when you least expect

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Catamaran Sailing Game by NauticEd

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Here is a youtube post by one of our talented students who gets a perfect score playing our Catamaran Maneuvering game. I’m guesssing a few hours were involved here but I’m pretty sure that given this amount of maneuvering experience in real life, Andrew would be an expert at maneuvering a catamaran around in a […]

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Captains License

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Captain’s License Here is the latest list of courses associated with the NauticEd Captain’s License. Keep in mind that you must log a minimum of 50 days on the water – 25 of which at minimum must be as master of the vessel and 25 of which must be on a sailboat greater than 28 […]

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Day Skipper: Skipper Bundle of Sailing Courses

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Day Skipper When we put the Skipper Sailing Course and the Maneuvering Under Power course together we get the Day Skipper Bundle of courses. Combine that with some sailing experience and you can achieve the NauticEd Sailing Certification of Day Skipper Rank. The Skipper Course is our most comprehensive course. It should take the average […]

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Navigation: Electronic or Paper charts?

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So here is a post I did on a recent linkedin forum for sailing instructors. >>>>>> Check this out – my 13 year old nephew recently refused to think about a home work problem and demanded that he look the answer up on the internet. I agree with using tools at hand but understanding the […]

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How to do a Running Fix

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Running Fix Explained This week we uploaded our updated Coastal Navigation course to Apple for publishing on iTunes as an interactive eLearning App. We’re very excited about this update because of the HTML 5 animations we’ve used to explain some of the concepts. Specifically in regards to this post, no where on the web have we […]

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How to dock a sailboat

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Here’s a fun suggestion – grab a sandwich, a few drinks, and a mate (with a boat if you don’t have one) on a sunny windy day and get out to the boat with your newfound maneuvering under power skills from our Maneuvering Under Power Course. Gingerly take the boat away from the marina and […]

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How to cure seasickness naturally

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On our most recent yacht charter to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, we encountered one day with reasonably high swell and only about 10 knots of wind. Being on a broad reach was not the ideal heading for this but alas this is the direction we wanted to go – from the Bay of […]

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