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Meet Sailing Instructor Warren Brown – New Zealand

April 11, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Meet top sailing instructor Capt. Warren Brown in Auckland, New Zealand. Warren loves to coach sailors on his 38 ft catamaran. He loves to sail the oceans around New Zealand and Vanuatu in the Pacific.

Meet Sailing Instructor Merilee Wright – Toronto

April 9, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Meet top sailing instructor Merilee Wright. Merilee brings an amazing level of enthusiasm and passion to sailing training.

Meet Sailing Instructor John Sezer – Washington

April 8, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Meet top sailing instructor Capt. John Sezer in Washington State. John brings an amazing level of enthusiasm and passion to sailing training.

Sailing Certificate Standards

January 26, 2021/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd has been operating as a premier sailing training body since 2008 and is recognized by NASBLA and the United States Coast Guard as adhering to the American National Standards for sailing training. This carries a lot of responsibility and expectation on our instructors to properly follow the standards when training and assessing – and […]

On The Water Training Standards

November 25, 2020/by Grant Headifen

At NauticEd, we treat the word COMPETENCE very seriously. We strive to help everyone of our students become competent and we show progress along the way with varying Ranks and Levels of achievement. To us, competence means that a person can do the thing they are asked successfully. That they are fully capable and they […]

NauticEd best sailing education and sailing training program

January 1, 2019/by Grant Headifen

Who has the best sailing training program out there? Well, NauticEd of course! But we did write this article so you’ll have to make your own mind up after you read all this. First, to set the lay of the land (water) of who does sailing training in the USA. There are three main organizations who […]

Charter Companies: How the NauticEd Sailing Certification Ranks Work

August 7, 2018/by Grant Headifen

This is a brief for Yacht Charter Companies on How the NauticEd Sailing License and Certification Ranks Work. THE BOTTOM LINE As adequate certification for charterers, charter companies should look for: Bareboat Charter Master Rank Level III, IV, or V; or Captain Rank Level III, IV, or V These Ranks and Levels mean that the […]

Nationally Recognized On The Water Sailing Endorsement Course

February 21, 2018/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd is the first US sailing body offering a third-party verified course, complying with On-Water Recreational Boating Skills Standards.

What Do You Mean I Don’t Qualify?

October 20, 2017/by Grant Headifen

My Rant on the Sailing Certification Factories This actually happened today. A yacht charter client of ours submitted his resume to the yacht charter company. He had sailing certifications from another certifying body from 101 through 105. He was turned down. Imagine the disappointment you’d have when you have done all that work and paid all […]

Sailing Instruction and Assessment Standards USCG

October 12, 2017/by Grant Headifen