Successfully Skipper a Sailboat: Modern Lessons From the Fastest-Growing Global Sailing Education and Certification Program

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Successfully Skipper a Sailboat: Modern Lessons From the Fastest-Growing Global Sailing Education and Certification Program
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Grant Headifen
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreSailing
ISBN/Barcode 9781944824051
ClassificationsDewey:797.124
Audience
General
Illustrations 30 color photos, color illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Seahorse Publishing
Publication Date 9 March 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

Take the first steps to become certified to charter a boat anywhere in the world Imagine having the credentials to charter and skipper a boat in the Caribbean-or anywhere in the world. Grant Headifen and the experts at NauticEd have certified thousands of sailors for bareboat skippering in some of the most alluring seas of the world. NauticEd's resume-building system is accepted by yacht charter companies worldwide. Successfully Skipper a Sailboat offers everything you need to know-and with its unique, scannable QR codes providing clear instructional videos and animations, it is the next best thing to being on the water with an instructor at your side. Here is all you need to quickly learn how to confidently handle skippering and boat operations near shore with ease. NauticEd is the world's most advanced sailing education and sailing certification program, providing sailing training from basics to advanced education through entertaining and interactive multimedia online sailing courses and an unparalleled network of global training centers. No other program in the world can offer you this. Here is what just one of NauticEd's students had to say: "I've sailed for the last thirty-plus years, and have a fifty-ton master's credential. I'm constantly learning something new or forgotten from NauticEd."

Author Biography

Grant Headifen is the global director of education for NauticEd, a leading international sailing education and certification company. His passion and focus is to make sailing education available and accessible to those who share his love of the water. With a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, Headifen brings a unique approach to sailing education. He is able to explain the very technical in simple, practical pieces to allow anyone to grasp the concepts. His goal: to give sailors the knowledge and the competence to sail like an expert anywhere in the world. Originally from New Zealand, Grant lives in Austin, Texas, with his daughter (his other passion).