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The Racing and Yelling Thing

May 2, 2022/by Grant Headifen

None of us like yelling on sailboats, and racing is a poor excuse for it. Quick advice on being a better skipper from Capt. Marc Hughston.

SPRING 2019 SAILING REGATTA OPPORTUNITIES

March 14, 2019/by Grant Headifen

Join NauticEd’s affiliated school, On Deck Sailing, for an amazing opportunity to race in one or more of 3 world famous regattas. To get the NauticEd pricing below, simple – just tell them you are from NauticEd The Boat: Racing on Spirit of Juno, a Farr 65 equipped with full set of race sails […]

STIR – SAINT THOMAS INTERNATIONAL REGATTA 2019

December 30, 2018/by Grant Headifen

RACE IN THE ST. THOMAS INTERNATIONAL REGATTA March 2019 NauticEd has teamed up with our affiliated school OnDeck Sailing to provide an exclusive opportunity for NauticEd students: race in the St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). OnDeck Sailing is a Caribbean sailing school offering a range of activities including racing in regattas. They participate in all […]

Americas Cup 2021

November 30, 2017/by Grant Headifen

For sure the NauticEd team will be in New Zealand in 2021 watching the Americas Cup. This is set to be another technology race. Hydrofoiling Monohulls – so very cool! The idea is to combine speed with sailing skill via tacking duels; which makes this one of the most exciting races of all time. You […]

Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race

April 16, 2016/by Grant Headifen

GET TWO FREE SAILING COURSES AND A FREE ELECTRONIC SAILOR’S LOGBOOK PLUS BE A LUCKY WINNER OF THE NAUTICED CAPTAIN’S EDUCATION BUNDLE NauticEd International Sailing Education is the proud title sponsor for the May 12th 2016, Oregon Offshore International Yacht Race. Two of NauticEd’s practical sailing schools, Island Sailing Club and Vancouver Sailing Club are […]

Americas Cup Apparent Wind

September 10, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Apparent Wind on Americas Cup AC72’s BTW – please “Like”this article using your favorite social media accounts – thanks for that. See here for the TV Schedule for all countries. Who’s taking it home? AmericasCup.com So how do they do it? I was watching it on Sunday – the wind was at about 15 […]

performance yacht charter

March 1, 2013/by Grant Headifen

Christian and Lucy at Performance Yacht Charter are a pretty impressive (and really nice) couple. They sail the world with their two charter yachts, Northern Child, a swan 51, and Smile and Wave, a Beneteau First 40, entering into world renown Yacht Regattas. They’re good friends of us at NauticEd. We first met them in […]

Anchoring in a Regatta Race

May 27, 2012/by Grant Headifen

Best tactics and practices for properly anchoring while in a regatta race.

How to Sail with a Jockey Pole

June 22, 2011/by Grant Headifen

Last weekend we were out racing and one of the legs was very similar to a race we’d done a few weeks back with the same wind condition. On that previous race we’d lost huge ground over the other boats solely because the sail configuration and hull design etc on this boat doesn’t allow the […]

Sailing Video of Rolex Regatta 2011

May 25, 2011/by Grant Headifen

Just posted the sailing video of the experience of racing the St Thomas Rolex Regatta 2011 with NauticEd students and Safe Passage Sailing. [vsw id=”d2ati0hg_M8″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Safe Passage Sailing chartered Kialoa V, an 80 ft maxi, and Northern Child, a 51 ft swan. NauticEd students and charterers with Safe Passage Sailing attended. […]