NauticEd Sailing Lessons
NauticEd has sort the best sailing authors to design its curriculum of Sailing Lessons. Our authors are Dr. Viggio Hansen, Captain Ed Mapes, Captains Alex and Daria Blackwell, Captain Jay Brosius, Captain Nick Harvey and NauticEd's own Captain Grant Headifen. Each author is accomplished in their own right for example Dr. Hansen in a professor emeritus at the California State University, Captains Blackwell and Mapes have authored their own books and sailed tens of thousands of miles, Captain Jay Brosius is a renown Meteorologist while also having tens of thousands of sailing miles under his keel. Captain Nick Harvey is an accomplished sailor and lead the introduction of Lagoon Catamarans into the USA market. Captain Grant Headifen has sailed for over 20 years, founded and grew the Sail Time yacht share company from seed to 30 franchised locations around the world, and lead dozens of sailing flotillas to most yacht charter sailing vacation destinations in the world.
The list of sailing lessons by each author are:
Dr. Viggio Hansen
Captain Ed Mapes
- Coastal Navigation Sailing Clinic (with Captain Headfien)
- Bareboat Yacht Charter Sailing Clinic (with Captain Headfien)
- Sail Trim Sailing Clinic
- Storm Tactics Sailing Clinic
- Safety at Sea Sailing Clinic
- Introductory Celestial Navigation
Captain Jay Brosius
Captains Alex and Daria Blackwell
Captain Nick Harvey
- Catamaran Sailing Confidence (with Captain Grant Headifen)
Captain Grant Headifen
- Free Basic Sail Trim Sailing Lesson
- Basic Rules of the Nautical Road
- Maneuvering and Docking a Sailboat Under Power
The above sailing lessons have been grouped into logical educational order and "Rank" to lead the sailing student through beginner to advanced sailing knowledge.
The group of sailing lessons leading to the Skipper Rank is:
The group of sailing lessons leading to the Bareboat Charter Master Rank is:
- Coastal Navigation Sailing Clinic
- Bareboat Yacht Charter Sailing Clinic
- Anchoring a Sailboat Sailing Clinic
- Plus those required for theSkipper Rank
The group of sailing lessons leading to the NauticEd Captain Rank is:
- Sail Trim Sailing Clinic
- Storm Tactics Sailing Clinic
- Weather Sailing Clinic
- Safety at Sea Sailing Clinic
- Plus all those sailing lessons required for the Bareboat Charter Master Rank
In addition to the theory sailing lessons provided by NauticEd, in order to gain the Skipper, Bareboat Charter Master and Captain's Ranks, NauticEd requires that the sailing student complete and log practical sailing experience in their logbook. Combining sailing lessons and practical experience leads to a recognized Sailing Certification from the world's major bareboat yacht charter companies such as The Moorings, Sunsail, Kiriacoulis, BVI Yacht Charters, Sail TMM, Sailing New Zealand, etc.
The sailing logbook provided by NauticEd is online and free to all NauticEd students. Each student can add their sailing history and then easily keep their sailing experience up to date using the free iPhone and Android Sailing apps which allow the student after a sailing outing to click a few buttons on their mobile device and instantly update their sailing logbook. As the student increases their experience they raise in Level with in each rank of their sailing certification.
A sailing resume is created for each student and is updated online in real-time. For example, as each student passes a sailing lesson, the sailing resume is instantly updated and reflects the theory accomplishments as well as the practical sailing experience. The sailing resume can then easily be shown to bareboat yacht charter companies for determination of eligibility to charter a sailboat on a sailing vacation.
Get started with your Sailing Certification NOW by taking a sailing lesson from NauticEd. Try us out on our free sailing lesson teaching sailing students how to trim the sails.