Captain Elliot Rappaport

Elliot Rappaport has sailed as a captain in the United States maritime industry since 1992, involved primarily in the training of other mariners aboard an assortment of traditional sailing ships. He is currently a faculty member at Maine Maritime Academy and has also worked extensively at the SEA Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Elliot lives in coastal Maine when not at sea.

His first book, Reading the Glass: A Sailor’s Story of Weather, was published in the UK by Sceptre in March 2023. This acclaimed work explores his life at sea, the history of seafaring, stories of explorers and discoveries and also provides a brilliant insight into the science of weather.

Photo courtesy of Stephen Rappaport