Tag Archive for: Certification

How to qualify to skipper a boat on a sailing vacation

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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.

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Catamaran Qualification and Training

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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 […]

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Sailing Certificate Standards

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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 […]

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On The Water Training Standards

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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 […]

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NauticEd best sailing education and sailing training program

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 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. Three main organizations affiliate themselves with […]

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