Tag Archive for: Experience

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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Practical Training Course Matrix

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With responsible sailing knowledge there is, of course, theory and practical skills to learn and demonstrate. When you get with your practical instructor, it is highly recommended to complete the appropriate theory courses prior to the practical training. Otherwise, you’ll spend too much time on the basics preventing the instructor from doing their real work which […]

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Why do an electronic sailors Logbook?

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We recently were copied on an email from a school to one of our students that was encouraging a sailor to fill out their paper sailor’s logbook. Paper? Really? – Actually I think it was really only because there was no understanding that an electronic 21st century thinking has been applied to sailing logbooks. Here […]

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Entering Experience into your sailors logbook

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Airline pilots, naval seamen, scientists and scuba divers all maintain a logbook. So why don’t sailors? Because it’s just in the too hard bucket with seemingly no point to do it. Until Now! If you ever want to charter, you MUST have a sailing resume. Yacht charter companies DO NOT accept a sailing certification – […]

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Bareboat Charter Rank Requires Experience

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Here is a great question from one of our students to one of our Vancouver based instructors at Vancouver Sailing School regarding experience and Rank advancement If you like the topic please LIKE it on facebook and g+1 it. Thanks it really helps us! How Can I Rise In Rank To Charter With Out Master of […]

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Why a sailing resume trumps a sailing certification

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If you think this post is right on the nail please LIKE it via Facebook and g+1 it. Thanks, it really helps us grow. A Sailing Resume beats a Sailing Certification It’s obvious when you think about it. It’s like Rock Paper Scissors. Show up to a charter company with a sailing certification and it’s […]

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How to fill out your sailing experience logbook

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NauticEd is the world’s only digital way of storing your online sailors logbook and we’ve made it so that you fill it out in the same manner as required by the USCG which also follow most countries requirements for posting boating experience. One day is counted if you gain a minimum 4 hours of experience […]

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Sailing Badges

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With NauticEd’s Sailing Badges and Status program, students now earn badges based on their specific boating and sailing activities.

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How to Earn Sailing Status

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Sailing Status With the NauticEd Badges and Sailing Status program, you earn Status by the total number of accumulated points you have earned regardless of the Badges you have earned. Learn about the Sailing Badges and Status program. View the Sailing Badges graphics There are 6 Levels of Status. In the real weather reporting world, […]

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