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Top 10 Tips for Eco-Friendly Chartering

June 9, 2024/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd wants everyone to respect the environment – especially our gorgeous oceans. Here are our top 10 eco-friendly chartering tips.

Plastic Recycling in the British Virgin Islands

October 4, 2020/by Grant Headifen

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, […]

Poison Prevention Week: Hidden Hazards in the Hull

March 8, 2019/by Grant Headifen

National Poison Prevention Week is the third week of March each year, falling on the 17th through the 23rd this year. This cause was founded by the Health Research & Safety Administration to raise awareness for preventative methods to avoid toxic poisons. The week of awareness is a chance to feature various hazards that result […]

Oh – I Do Love to be Beside the Seaside

January 10, 2011/by Grant Headifen

It’s an old song but it certainly rang the bells for me recently. Over this last New Year’s break 2010-2011, my family, extended family, and friends that we call family all traveled to Matauri Bay in New Zealand for probably one of the best aquatic experiences one could imagine. Unfortunately, it was sans sailing cruising […]

Even whales want to learn to sail

July 22, 2010/by Grant Headifen

Oh My Goodness This story is, almost unbelievably, one hundred percent real – included here is a pic of a southern right whale who, it seems, accidentally breeched on to a sailboat in Capetown, South Africa. I actually think it was, most likely, just jealous. I believe it simply wanted to get in on the […]