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Lines of Position

November 26, 2017/by Grant Headifen

This is a Lines of Position exercise from our Coastal Navigation course, which is loaded with practical exercises.

GPS Tracking for Sailboats and Float Plan Filing

July 5, 2017/by Grant Headifen

Now users can begin tracking all their sailing ventures using NauticEd’s Tracklink App. Available on iOS, and soon on Android devices.

Sailing Tracking App

June 25, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is the help page for the TrackLink App. We will continue to post known issues below. Please let us know if you see anything arise. But first, view this video below to see how the App works.

Coastal Navigation Tools on Amazon

May 24, 2015/by Grant Headifen

Coming soon we will have the Coastal Navigation Tools for the NauticEd Coastal Navigation course available on Amazon Prime packed in a convenient bundle. Sales price will be $44. These are all OEM labeled and printed specifically for the NauticEd Brand Long Island Sound Chart #12354 – full size 46 inches by 23 inches Breton Plotter […]

How to use a Breton (Portland) Plotter

July 31, 2014/by Grant Headifen

Today, we’re discussing using a Breton Plotter, aka Portland Plotter, aka rotating protractor, to determine a course.

How to do a Running Fix

April 19, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Running Fix Explained This week we uploaded our updated Coastal Navigation course to Apple for publishing on iTunes as an interactive eLearning App. We’re very excited about this update because of the HTML 5 animations we’ve used to explain some of the concepts. Specifically in regards to this post, no where on the web have we […]

How the Tides Work

July 3, 2010/by Grant Headifen

As a new sailor, just learning to sail, the thought of figuring out tides can be quite intimidating. We know that even some seasoned sailors tend to just wing it – a dangerous concern. This learn to sail series article will dispelled any concerns about understanding, reading and predicting tides. Gravitational Pull Tides took a […]

Coastal Navigation Clinic Launched

April 15, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Yesterday we launched our most requested clinic. Coastal Navigation! We’re very excited to have this course completed and up. It was written by our resident faculty member Captain Ed Mapes with Offshore Voyages. Ed has taught navigation courses with thousands of students on board his ocean learning passages. The Coastal Sailing Navigation course incorporates most […]