Born in 2008, NauticEd started with a vision to make sailing education accessible and inexpensive to the masses. As the company grew, it became obvious that many organizations were not utilizing the full extent of technology to continue education through to deliverable, measurable, and reportable competence. Today, NauticEd is well-positioned as the premier sailing certification […]
With Chartering going nuts this year, it’s a good idea to select early. Here below are some of our latest offerings that we believe are worth checking out. If you are looking for something else, contact us through this vacation request link – we’ll get right back to you. CARIBBEAN Click on any of the […]
We get this call almost every day – “I’ve been sailing a monohull for years and am confident. I want to take a catamaran on a sailing vacation. What does it take?” Looking at switching over to sailing a catamaran on a sailing vacation or to buy? The thought of it can be intimidating and […]
NauticEd has been operating as a premier sailing training body since 2008 and is recognized by NASBLA and the United States Coast Guard as adhering to the American National Standards for sailing training. This carries a lot of responsibility and expectation on our instructors to properly follow the standards when training and assessing – and […]
Charter Yacht Ownership 5 questions to accelerate your sailing education about buying a boat and putting into a yacht charter management program. So, you’ve been bitten by the sailing bug and think that someday, you may even slip the dock lines and go cruising. Okay, but there’s much to learn, from sail trim to onboard […]
We recently interviewed Jim and Kristi Query, the owners of Virgin Islands Yacht Charters. We wanted to talk about their under-recognized sailing destination – the US Virgin Islands. We wanted to know just how good is it and is it worth going to the USVI? Why do people always go to the BVI? So here […]
From Grant Headifen – Global Director of Education Whatever your prediction, 2021 is going to be different than 2020. Hopefully, it will bring some normalcy back to our lives. But, there will be a new normal. For NauticEd, 2021 brings in the 21st century even more so. eLearning is up – way up. This time […]
NauticEd International Sailing Education forms a strategic partnership with Predict Wind. Read this full article and learn how to get a FREE 3-month subscription to Predict Wind. What if you could know the wind and weather tomorrow to determine if it would be a good day sailing? What about if you could predict if dangerous […]
At NauticEd, we treat the word COMPETENCE very seriously. We strive to help everyone of our students become competent and we show progress along the way with varying Ranks and Levels of achievement. To us, competence means that a person can do the thing they are asked successfully. That they are fully capable and they […]
The following is an excerpt from the NauticEd Skipper Large Keelboat Course, the NauticEd Skipper Small Keelboat Course, and the NauticEd Anchoring Course. Anchoring, and getting it right is such an important topic that we thought we’d make this excerpt available for free in open space. Please enjoy how we dive into science and […]