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Where are the Wallys

September 19, 2024/by Grant Headifen

Find the Wally and his friends who can’t trim the sails.

Boating’s Deadly Dozen – The Top Causes of Accidents on the Water

June 18, 2024/by Grant Headifen

Discover the most common causes of accidents on the water and learn how to prevent them. Stay safe while enjoying your time on the water.

NauticEd and MarineVerse Launch World’s First Virtual Reality Navigation Rules Course

March 2, 2023/by Grant Headifen

NauticEd and MarineVerse today jointly announced the launch of the world’s first-ever Virtual Reality Navigation Rules Training Course. This fully immersive VR course is designed to make learning navigation rules both enjoyable for users and effective for educators, using gamification techniques to entertain and increase knowledge retention.

Who Gives Way, Adrift Powerboat or Sailboat under power?

April 29, 2016/by Grant Headifen

If you like this post, please LIKE it on facebook. Thanks – it helps our waterways be safer. This is a question in our FREE Navigation Rules Course which covers in-depth the International Rules of Collision at Sea aka ColRegs. The Powerboat is adrift. Who gives way? Using our nano forum technology, one of our […]

Snap Test: How well do you know the rules

November 16, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Take this fun test and if you like it, – please like us over there —-> Thanks so much, as it motivates us to continue building more. P.S. There is one trick question.

Another who gives way

July 4, 2015/by Grant Headifen

<img height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=”” style=”display:none” src=”https://www.facebook.com/tr?ev=6026130362467&cd[value]=0.01&cd[currency]=USD&noscript=1″ /> NauticEd offers a FREE course in Navigation Rules – it is a fun, entertaining, multimedia online course and will bring you up to speed on what you as a responsible sailor should know. Takes about 40 minutes and is well worth the time. Plus you’ll get to see […]

Mast head light confusion

April 20, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Here is a question from a Student who posted it on Disqus. I felt it was important enough to post out here for public. Displaying correct lights on boats is important. QUESTION: Could you please provide more of an explanation for the following: Although ‘steaming light’ is used extensively, this does not have a definition […]

Navigation Rules Hybrid Paper/eBook

February 5, 2015/by Grant Headifen

If you think this is pretty cool please LIKE it on facebook or g+1 Learn the Rules of the Nautical Road in the most high-tech/low-tech manner possible. Huh? We’re excited to release our new first hybrid paper/eBook 92 pages long in full color. It’s a real paper book that comes alive with video and animations. […]

Sound Signals for Vessels

January 28, 2015/by Grant Headifen

The basic sound signals you should know are shown below. This information is embedded in the NauticEd Skipper Course and the NauticEd RYA Day Skipper Course. Also, download our Navigation Rules eBook for iPad where the complete set of Navigation Rules are given and explained with animations – ONLY $2.99. Tap each image to hear an […]

International Navigation Rules of Preventing Collision at Sea

July 23, 2014/by Grant Headifen

Stand-On and Give-Way: You just might have it wrong… (Jump directly to the FREE updated International Rules of Preventing Collision at Sea course it’s quick, easy and entertaining) Two sail boats collide. One had wind over their port side and one had wind over their starboard side. The starboard tack boat saw the port tack boat […]