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Reading the glass : a captain's view of weather, water, and life on ships / Elliot Rappaport.

by Rappaport, Elliot.

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387.2043092 R221r

Rappaport, Elliot.

Marine meteorology.

Seafaring life.

Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.

9780593185056 (hc.)

viii, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-319).

"Elliot Rappaport, a professional captain of traditional sailing ships, has spent three decades at sea, where understanding weather is crucial to the safety of vessels and their crews. In 'Reading the Glass,' he offers a sailor's-eye view of the moving parts of our atmosphere and unveils the larger patterns it holds: global winds, storms, air masses, jet streams, and the longer arc of our climate. Told through a series of tall ship voyages, Rappaport's narrative takes readers from the icy seas of Greenland to the Roaring Forties, places where one can experience all four seasons in an hour. He navigates the turbulent waters of the Strait of Gibraltar, en route to storied port cities of the Mediterranean. In the vast tropical Pacific he crosses the equator, where heat, moisture, and unsettled winds churn out powerful squalls, and drops anchor in isolated ports of call. He explores wide swathes of ocean to explain how the trade winds have carried ships westward for centuries, and how ancient Polynesian explorers pushed back the other way, leveraging their mastery of waves and weather to achieve what may be humanity's greatest navigational achievement..."--From publisher.

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