Life Saving Tip for downwind sailing

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Some tips are long and some are short – This short one will save your life or one of your crew. As you know – sailing downwind has the dangerous potential of the accidental gybe. This can be quite a common occurrence if you have an inexperienced crew at the helm or perhaps with a […]

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Emergency navigation lights on board

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Got a request from a student to point out more through out our courses the need to have on board emergency portable battery powered navigation lights in case of electrical failure – and we couldn’t agree more. An acquaintance of mine was nearly run down by a high speed ferry in the middle of the […]

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True Wind versus Apparent Wind

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We took this from a section in the Crew and Skipper Courses to easily explain the difference between true wind and apparent wind. >>>>>> Section 7.2 – True Wind versus Apparent Wind – Explained Put you hand outside the window of your car traveling at 60 miles per hour on a still day and your […]

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Answer to a Student’s Question About Documentation

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Here is an email we received from a NauticEd student >>>>>>>> On 4/1/10 8:31 AM, “Michael” Wrote: Hello, I reviewed your website and am interested in taking your courses. The courses are the background to actual on-water experience. I live in Northern California and sail with a friend quite often. There are also several sailing […]

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Useful instructions for NauticEd Users

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Make sure you like us on facebook to stay up with all the cool things we do (look to the right over there —–> ) Watch this video as soon as you have signed up with NauticEd If you already saw this one, continue down below. We pieced together the training of how NauticEd works […]

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Sailing Resume – Logbook

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Here is a question posted by Nancy KnudsenEditor Sail-World Cruising. Sail-world is one of the largest and respected online sailing news companies ) to NauticEd this week. Followed by our answer. On 1/16/10 6:47 PM, “Nancy Knudsen Cruising Editor Sail-World” <cruisingeditor@sail-world.com> wrote: Hi Grant I have a question about the sailing certification video you have […]

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Cool iPhone App

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Along with NauticEd’s iphone app to help sailors keep their logbook current, we’ve discovered a new iphone app which helps sailors identify boats at night from their lights they exhibit. It serves as an excellent and handy vessel light identification chart for sailing at night. The aqualights iphone app is very simple to use. It […]

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The NauticEd Sailing Certificate Explained

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Here is an explanation of how your NauticEd Sailing certificate will grow with your education and experience. The Certificate is made up of 3 sections. Completed Courses, Rank and Level achieved and Practical Verification by a sailing school. All registered persons at NauticEd are called students. Every student starts out with a Sailing Certificate. On […]

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