Tag Archive for: Sailing Vacation

Private Sailing Training Vacations

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One of the best ways to get some immersive sailing training is to take a sailing vacation with your own friends and family and a dedicated professional sailing instructor who can coach everyone on board to the level they desire. And, when you think about it, considering the non-breathable properties of water, it is the […]

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Post graduate sailing vacation-adventure-celebration Tahiti

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If you ever thought of checking off a dream sailing vacation in Tahiti from your bucket list this is the opportunity to get that one taken care of. Announcing the 2012 NauticEd Post Graduation Sailing Adventure If you’re a NauticEd Bareboat Charter Master or plan on being one before June next year, then come celebrate your […]

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Top Ten Good Captaining Skills

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Captaining a bareboat yacht on a sailing vacation is an acquired skill. All of a sudden you’re transformed from friend, co-worker, family and sometimes complete stranger into the authoritative figure with ultimate power. That’s not an easy formula so I’ve put together the top ten tips on how to be a great captain. When people are led […]

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Oh – I Do Love to be Beside the Seaside

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It’s an old song but it certainly rang the bells for me recently.  Over this last New Year’s break 2010-2011, my family, extended family, and friends that we call family all traveled to Matauri Bay in New Zealand for probably one of the best aquatic experiences one could imagine. Unfortunately, it was sans sailing cruising […]

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How to Spring off the Dock with a Catamaran

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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 […]

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Going on a Yacht Charter Vacation? Here’s a tip!

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Here’s a great tip for yacht charter vacations. Problem: You buy provisions at the start of the trip. You load them carefully into the top loading freezer with the best intentions of using everything. Through out the week every thing gets messed up. Stuff ends up at the bottom. At the end of the week […]

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Sailing Certification Question

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Here is a question posted by one of our students today with our response following. On 6/4/10 1:54 PM, “Ted” wrote:   I have recently started through your courses in the hope of chartering next winter. My own boat is a 25′ Catalina. From your information it appears that I will not receive credit for […]

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Bareboat Charter Crew Briefing List

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We received a lot of interest in the Bareboat Charter Course Crew Briefing Check list that we sent out via our mailer earlier in the week. Some additional and excellent tips were sent in by some of you and so we have updated the list. See it now at the bottom of this page: Bareboat […]

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Dates announced for Tonga Sailing flotilla

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While I’m waiting for the America’s cup race to start and twittering the updates to the delayed start – I thought I’d add a blog update about our upcoming Tonga Sailing flotilla.   The dates will be August 30th to September 7th 2010. Come join us in one of the most tropical sailing locations in […]

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