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How to do a Mediterranean Mooring

July 17, 2013/by Grant Headifen

How to do a Mediterranean Mooring with skills learned from our Maneuvering Under Power Course, now much simpler and less intimidating.

How to Spring off the Dock

July 8, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Springing Off the Dock in a Sailboat Here is a simple animation that shows you how to spring off the dock when the wind is blowing you back onto the dock. Often there may be another boat in front of you and so trying to push the bow out first can easily lead to disaster […]

How to Dock a Sailboat

June 27, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Need to dock a sailboat? This course will have you confident enough to back a boat into a slip in a 40 knot cross wind.

How to leave a slip with crosswind

March 16, 2013/by Grant Headifen

The trick to how to leave a slip with crosswind is to hold the bow upwind with a dock line to the end of the dock. Make sure…

How to dock a sailboat

March 10, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Here’s a fun suggestion – grab a sandwich, a few drinks, and a mate (with a boat if you don’t have one) on a sunny windy day and get out to the boat with your newfound maneuvering under power skills from our Maneuvering Under Power Course. Gingerly take the boat away from the marina and […]

How to dock a sailboat in heavy wind

October 31, 2011/by Grant Headifen

Docking a boat on to an end-tie or tee head with a strong wind blowing you off requires some knowledge on how to do it and it’s one of those things that you SHOULD practice for WHEN the time comes. Trying to just sidle up along side like you might do in a no wind […]

Docking a Sailboat using Spring Lines

September 14, 2011/by Grant Headifen

Here’s a question from a student regarding docking a sailboat after they took the Maneuvering Under Power Sailing Course >>>>>>> Hello Grant, I have a question in reference to the maneuvering under power: Under the excersice end ties #3, wind from behind, once you have backed the boat to the dock and secured the stern spring […]

How to Spring off the Dock with a Catamaran

August 12, 2010/by Grant Headifen

Next week we’re going to Tonga and the island of Vava’U for a week long NauticEd Flotilla sailing trip amongst the archipelago. After a rainy and relatively cool winter in New Zealand this year its going to be a welcome and fun trip. We’re bareboat chartering three catamarans from the Moorings. 21 adults and 3 […]

Catamaran Sailing Confidence Course

September 9, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Hot of the press today: We just launched the new Catamaran Sailing Confidence Course written by Nick Harvey of Lagoon Catamarans and Captain Grant Headifen. If you want to learn to sail a large catamaran, this is the sailing course for you. Here is an excerpt from the course. >>>>>>>>>>> … And if there wasn’t […]

Starting out in reverse has its issues

July 2, 2009/by Grant Headifen

A recent discussion with a student regarding Maneuvering a Sailboat Under Power is repeated here. On 7/2/09 11:55 AM, matthew k…. wrote: Hi Grant I do have a question about the Maneuvering Under Power course – the course is set up for a vessel with a wheel-I have a tiller on my little full keel […]