Rules of the Road Archives

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Learn Lateral Marks in Virtual Reality

January 27, 2023/by Grant Headifen

Learn Lateral Marks in virtual reality. Grant gives an example of the lateral marks combined with Cardinal Marks in VR.

Who Gives Way Port versus Starboard?

December 1, 2022/by Grant Headifen

How to gain your SLC Mediterranean Sailing License

May 21, 2018/by Grant Headifen

You must have a Sailing License when chartering in the Mediterranean. Regardless of experience, you should have a SLC Sailing License.

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 […]

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 […]

Shhhh be vewy vewy quiet – don’t tell the power boaters

May 24, 2009/by Grant Headifen

Sailboats are much more maneuverable than power boats – but don’t spread the word because all the powerboaters will run to their congressmen to get the Navigation Rules changed.

FREE Rules of Right of Way Course for Sailboats

December 29, 2008/by Grant Headifen

Since we have just launched this new FREE rules of right of way for sailing vessels course, this is the first blog. The free online sailing course has many visuals of right of way situations as depicted here. There is a lot of thought out there that sailboats have right of way when in actual […]