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 CV Lightning, and the TS Mobil Lube.  He is the author of Bringing Down the Safety Guy, the Cape Safety, Inc.-Danger Dogs Series-a collection of novels about safety mishaps, and Deep Sea Decisions, an expose of maritime disasters.  He and his wife are the co-authors of the novels Newtucket Island, Cape Car Blues, and Training Ship, a dramedy about a Massachusetts Maritime Academy cruise. They have written seven screenplays entitled Cape Car Blues, Freeport Fred's Valiant Summer, Golf Cart Ranger, Plimsoll, What We Can't Know, Get Together, and Training Ship. He lives and writes in the seaside village of Waquoit, MA, with his wife Lavinia M. Hughes. ​​​​​
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