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How to Get Bareboat Certified for Yacht Charter with NauticEd

October 7, 2024/by Grant Headifen

Discover how to get bareboat certified and fulfill your dream of chartering a yacht in popular destinations like Europe and the Seychelles.

I am a monohull sailor but want to sail a catamaran on a sailing vacation

August 14, 2024/by Grant Headifen

The question is can I charter a catamaran if I don’t have any experience. The answer is yes and no … read on

How to Get Started in Sailing

August 6, 2024/by Grant Headifen

Learn how to get started in sailing. Gain the knowledge, skills, and experience to become a competent sailor.

How to qualify to skipper a boat on a sailing vacation

July 3, 2024/by Grant Headifen

If you want to qualify to skipper a boat on a sailing vacation, you’re going to need to be competent. Don’t focus on the certification first – that will come once you are competent. Here is a plan towards competence that will make sure you are not only qualified but knowledgeable, safe, and experienced.

Getting a Sailing Qualification while on a Sailing Vacation

April 24, 2024/by Grant Headifen

While training and earning a sailing certification while on a vacation is possible, it doesn’t make nearly as much sense as you may think if you focus on 2 key questions.

How Do I Increase My NauticEd Ranks and Level

December 1, 2023/by Grant Headifen

A NauticEd rank is a designation within the NauticEd sailing education system that signifies a sailor’s level of proficiency, based on a combination of theoretical knowledge, practical training, and recorded sailing experience.

Do I need a sailing license to sail around the world if I own my own boat?

April 1, 2022/by Grant Headifen

The sailing license that you typically hear about is for yacht chartering only and only in certain areas of the world like the Mediterranean, Seychelles, and a few others. Learn more here….

Catamaran Qualification and Training

February 3, 2021/by Grant Headifen

How do I Switch to Skippering a Catamaran? We get this call almost every day – “I’ve been sailing a monohull for years and am confident. I want to take a catamaran on a sailing vacation. What does it take to switch to a catamaran? Do I need a Catamaran Certification?” Looking at switching over […]

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 […]