Captain Dan Parrott grew up in Connecticut and started his professional sailing career in 1982. He sailed full time from 1983 to 2003 during which time he worked on many schooners, topsail schooners, and square-riggers, in all capacities, in all parts of the world. Among those vessels are the Harvey Gamage, Bill of Rights, Pride of Baltimore, Pride Baltimore II, Eye of the Wind, and Tole Mour. 

In 2003 he was appointed to the faculty of Maine Maritime Academy where he now teaches navigation, seamanship and Bridge Resource Management, and sails aboard the training vessels State of Maine and schooner Bowdoin. 

In 2017, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Costa Rica, Limon, where he taught navigation and helped establish Costa Rica’s first merchant marine training program.

He is the author of two books, Tall Ships Down, a study of 5 marine casualties involving sailing ships, and Bridge Resource Management for Small Ships which applies BRM concepts to the operation of limited tonnage vessels. Parrott maintains an active writing career and has published articles in Soundings, Yachting, Power & Motorboat, WoodenBoat and other nautical publications.

Parrott holds a USCG license Master of Oceans, 1600 tons, and 2nd Mate Unlimited. He has a B.A. from Colby College, Waterville Maine, and an M.A. from the University of Rhode Island. Interests include music, hiking and maritime history.