Global Winds and the History of Human Exploration
September 18, 2024 - 7pm
Capt. Elliot Rappaport
Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional sailing ships, has spent three decades at sea, where an informed understanding of weather is crucial to the safety of vessels and their crews. In his presentation, Captain Rappaport will offer a sailor’s view of the moving parts of our atmosphere and unveil the larger patterns that it holds. He will relate factors such as global winds, jet streams, air masses, and storms to the history of human exploration around the world.
This is the fifth of the 2024 Summer Lecture Series. This year the lectures will be held on Wednesday evenings at the Bath Freight Shed (27 Commercial St, Bath Maine). Recordings will be available here a couple of days later.
The lectures are free, but if you consider them valuable, please donate to Maine’s First Ship either in person or online.
Elliot Rappaport has sailed as a captain in the US maritime industry since 1992, primarily in training other mariners aboard various traditional sailing ships. Presently a faculty member at Maine Maritime Academy, preparing cadets for professional careers at sea, he has also worked extensively at the SEA Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This organization offers shipboard programs in ocean science and leadership to college undergraduates. A graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Maine, Elliot lives in coastal Maine when not at sea. Captain Rappaport’s most recent book, Reading the Glass, A Captain’s View of Weather, Water and Life on Ships, was published in 2023.
