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How to learn to sail when you don't have time to get to the water

by BW Media on 20 Mar 2009
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Need some sailing lessons but too busy to take them?

Going for a charter holiday and want to prepare quickly?

A long time since you've sailed and need to brush up before you get on the water?

Maybe online sailing lessons with NauticED are the way to go.


Catering for everything from the novice to the very experienced sailor, NauticEd is the world's online, e-learning, sailing and boating instruction resource.

Sailors can learn key boating and sailing techniques online about boat handling, boat safety, latest equipment technology and general learn to sail tips compiled from years of sailing experience by NautiEd's experienced faculty of professional sailors, boating industry experts and tenured university educators.

There is a broad spectrum of online sailing classes, and NauticEd tell us they are easy to absorb and entertaining as well.

The great advantage of the program is that once you become a NauticEd student, you can return to brush up on your sailing lessons and retake the tests as many times as you want.

Upon achieving a successful grade in each sailing lesson, students are presented with a NauticEd sailing certification.

If you're wanting to learn to sail, brush up on sailing knowledge, go on a sailing charter vacation or learn advanced sailing skills, NauticEd online sailing school will get you to your destination.

To introduce you to the idea, NauticEd is offering a FREE right-of-way sailing course, which you can take by clicking HERE

Do you know your right-of-way rules? Give it a go, you have nothing to lose!

To learn more about NauticEd, click HERE
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