Childhood Cancer and Youth Sailing

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September is Childhood Cancer Month NauticEd’s Support of Childhood Brain Cancer Works to Help Kids Worldwide Childhood brain cancer became a nightmare reality in February 2021 to the family of Grant Headifen, owner and founder of NauticEd International Sailing Education. “We were just about to launch our Youth Sailing program when the devastating MRI results […]

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Plastic Recycling in the British Virgin Islands

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Guest written by Carrie Wright, founder of VI Plastics The plastics recycling company in the British Virgin Islands, VI Plastics, is running a crowd-funding campaign to purchase additional equipment. You can help. In previous articles, NauticEd has lamented the lack of recycling in the Caribbean and stressed the importance of responsible management of plastic waste, […]

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SPRING 2019 SAILING REGATTA OPPORTUNITIES

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Join NauticEd’s affiliated school, On Deck Sailing, for an amazing opportunity to race in one or more of 3 world famous regattas.   To get the NauticEd pricing below, simple – just tell them you are from NauticEd The Boat: Racing on Spirit of Juno, a Farr 65 equipped with full set of race sails […]

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STIR – SAINT THOMAS INTERNATIONAL REGATTA 2019

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RACE IN THE ST. THOMAS INTERNATIONAL REGATTA March 2019 NauticEd has teamed up with our affiliated school OnDeck Sailing to provide an exclusive opportunity for NauticEd students: race in the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). OnDeck Sailing is a Caribbean sailing school offering a range of activities including racing in regattas.  They participate in all […]

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Americas Cup 2021

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For sure the NauticEd team will be in New Zealand in 2021 watching the Americas Cup. This is set to be another technology race. Hydrofoiling Monohulls – so very cool! The idea is to combine speed with sailing skill via tacking duels; which makes this one of the most exciting races of all time. You […]

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Hurricane Irma Destroys Charter Fleet in BVI – Now Where?

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Our hearts reach out to all those affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. With Irma at maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and minimum barometric pressure of 916 mb, this has been the worst Hurricane in the Atlantic is history. Consequently, the yacht charter fleet in BVI and St Martin has been severely damaged along […]

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How to get others to pay for your new sailboat

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Boat Sharing Article by Grant Headifen: Director of Education for NauticEd. So I always get questions like this “How can I get time logged into my logbook when I don’t own a boat?” There are heaps of ways including friend’s boats and yacht clubs and boat share clubs and fractional membership companies. But there is […]

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Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race

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GET TWO FREE SAILING COURSES AND A FREE ELECTRONIC SAILOR’S LOGBOOK PLUS BE A LUCKY WINNER OF THE NAUTICED CAPTAIN’S EDUCATION BUNDLE NauticEd International Sailing Education is the proud title sponsor for the May 12th 2016, Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race. Two of NauticEd’s practical sailing schools, Island Sailing Club and Vancouver Sailing Club are […]

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Sailing In Thailand – Day 1

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Ok, raise your right hand and repeat after me “I promise to go sailing in Thailand before I kick the bucket”.The NauticEd team has just completed a familiarization trip in the Phuket Thailand cruising area.

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