David Berson

David Berson holds a 400-ton Merchant Marine Master’s License and has operated sailing and power vessels for more than 25 years. He is a contributing editor to Ocean Navigator magazine, and challenges readers every month in a popular column that offers a celestial navigation problem woven into a seafaring story. He has captained well-known sailing ships such as Petrel, Pioneer, Harvey Gamage, and Ocean Star, and has been the sea chantey man at South Street Seaport. He lives in Greenport, New York.