Training Ship

Richard Hughes closed his 24-seat safety training center on Cape Cod to become a retired student of modern worldwide shipping operations. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Transportation then obtained a Masters Degree in Business from Lesley University. While at MMA, he sailed on the Bay State, the Lightning, and the Mobil Lube. His books include the Cape Safety, Inc. – Danger Dogs Series—a collection of 12 novels detailing the exciting lives of a top-notch bi-coastal safety consulting firm. His popular non-fiction Deep Sea Decisions is an expose of maritime tragedies. He and his wife, Lavinia M. Hughes, have co-authored Newtucket Island, Training Ship, Cape Car Blues and Mikey Mayflower - The Early Years. He lives and writes in the seaside village of Waquoit, MA, with his wife.

Richard Hughes graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a B.S. in Marine Transportation, then obtained a Masters Degree in Business from Lesley University. He operated a safety training center on Cape Cod with his wife and fellow author Lavinia M. Hughes. His books include Bringing Down the Safety Guy, SeaBlameworthiness, Deep Sea Dominoes, and the Cape Safety, Inc. - Danger Dogs Series--a collection of novels detailing the exciting lives of a top-notch safety consulting firm based in Woods Hole, MA. 

Lavinia M. Hughes, with an Associates in Science Degree from Massasoit Community College, edits Richard's books, and she is the author of Enter Through the Crawlspace--a collection of paranormal short stories, as well as An iGen Cookbook for the Unskilled, an instructional cookbook.

The couple has co-authored Newtucket - the Rising; Training Ship is their second collaboration. They live and write in their home in the seaside village of Waquoit, MA.