Captain Michael William Carr, a renowned weather expert, is a contributing editor for "Ocean Navigator" magazine, and has appeared in "SAIL" and "Professional Mariner" magazines. He has taught basic and advanced weather seminars for nonspecialists, as well as a course on marine weather at the WoodenBoat School. He has supplied marine weather predictions and voyage routing to many mariners, including participants in the Around Alone circumnavigation race. He currently teaches weather routing at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies in Maryland.