Sailing Vacations Archives

Sailing Vacation Attitude

June 16, 2014/by Grant Headifen

Southern St Lucia is known for the swarming and pushy “official guides”. Each one claiming that they are the official. Years ago when I visited by land and sea I was overwhelmed and was glad to leave.

Yacht Charter in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

February 27, 2013/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd staff just completed a 10-day yacht charter on a 40 ft Leopard Catamaran with the Moorings, New Zealand in the famous Bay of Islands. AND … I have to say that comparing all the places all over the world that we have chartered in, the Bay of Islands is definitely world class.

Sailing in Tahiti: Navigation Tips

June 30, 2012/by Grant Headifen

The NauticEd crew headed out on our annual Bareboat Charter Master Graduation Sailing Trip. Lessons learned and navigation tips sailing in Tahiti.

Post graduate sailing vacation-adventure-celebration Tahiti

January 30, 2012/by Grant Headifen

If you ever thought of checking off a dream sailing vacation in Tahiti from your bucket list this is the opportunity to get that one taken care of. Announcing the 2012 NauticEd Post Graduation Sailing Adventure If you’re a NauticEd Bareboat Charter Master or plan on being one before June next year, then come celebrate your […]

Dates announced for Tonga Sailing flotilla

February 8, 2010/by Grant Headifen

While I’m waiting for the America’s cup race to start and twittering the updates to the delayed start – I thought I’d add a blog update about our upcoming Tonga Sailing flotilla. The dates will be August 30th to September 7th 2010. Come join us in one of the most tropical sailing locations in […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Last day Day 10

November 21, 2009/by Grant Headifen

After a 7am dip in the pool and breakfast at the Mafolie Hotel in Charlotte Amalie, we taxied down to Yacht Haven in the morning. This is a very nice area and mostly provides to the Cruise Ship crowd. On Sunday mornings they have a small farmers market in the court yard. This gives a […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Last day on the water – Day 9

November 11, 2009/by Grant Headifen

This was the last day of our wonderful yacht charter sailing vacation to the BVI’s. :( From beautiful Manchioneel Bay, Cooper Island, we set sail at about 8:30am to Road Town. The wind was again out of the east at about 15 knots and so the eta was approximately 9:30. However, in calculating eta’s, one […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 8

November 2, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Friday 2nd October 2009 Early to rise in Savannah Bay – and a swim to shore. Again, this morning we spent a few hours on the beach at Savannah bay snorkeling, playing beach bats, and strolling along the 750m long beach. We then set sail for Spanish town again were we picked up more ice. […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 7

October 26, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Thursday 1st October Savannah Bay BVI: There is nothing like a swim ashore and a morning run on a white sandy beach and that is exactly what I did on Thursday morning. We’d anchored in about 15 ft of water which meant the boat was about 200 meters from shore which made for a nice […]

Chronicles of a Sailing Yacht Charter Week in the BVI’s: Day 6

October 17, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Wednesday 30th September 2009 Bath time on a catamaran is pretty easy and fun for the little one. The catamaran galley is so big that there is plenty of room and the sinks are big. Consequently, Alexandra loved this time of day. The crew set out in the dinghy to explore the rocky coastline and […]