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Are you connected to the tourism/travel/hospitality industries or travel media in any way? If so, please specify how (kindly include any relevant company names/Web sites!).: Captain Michael Howorth is a freelance travel writer specialising in coverage of the construction, management, charter, ownership and operation of large luxury yachts. He is a member of the PYA, YJA, an Associate member of the HCMM and writes for most of the nautical publications within the IPC group including: SuperYacht World, SuperYacht Business, Super Sail World, Yachting World, Motor Boat & Yachting, Custom Yachting, IBI, European Boatbuilder and Motor Boats Monthly. He writes as correspondent for Ocean Magazine in Australia and Prestige in South Africa. He is news correspondent to the specialist website: SuperYachtTimes.com and is a frequent contributor to other quality trade and consumer magazines and newspapers including: The Telegraph, Yachting Matters and Lloyds List. He has written on a freelance basis for: Boat International, Captains Log, Boat International USA, Dockwalk, Superports, Interiors, Ocean Traveller, The Yacht Report, Boat International Russia and Yachts International. He is qualified by the MCA to command yachts to 3000 tons worldwide. Together with his wife Frances they are an award winning team of professional freelance travel writers specialising in coverage of luxury yachts both large and small, boutique cruisers and oceanside resort hotels and spas. Frances Howorth is an award winning photographer whose work always accompanies their writing and frequently appears independently in other publications, calendars, postcards and posters. Photographs taken by Frances have featured on the covers of Ocean Traveller, Dockwalk, Crew Life and Yachting as well as other quality periodicals. Michael is a qualified Captain certificated to command large luxury yachts up to 3000 tons. Both are members of the British Guild of Travel Writers. The couple have written several books mostly about yachts, yachting and survival at sea specifically for the large yacht market, namely: The Grab Bag Book, The Sea Survival Manual, Bridge Procedures Guide for Large Yachts and the Professional Yacht Log Book, the only log book specifically created for use by professional yacht crews on large yachts. They have been travelling together for the last thirty years initially working aboard cruise liners then as crew aboard luxury private and charter yachts as well as in their own sailboat. Their voyages of discovery have taken them to Africa North and South America, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, India and plenty of islands in between with such variety as to include Tristan de Cunha, St Helena and the Maldive Islands.

On which destinations & travel topics can you advise members especially well?: Anywhere that has a seaboard

What destinations are you most interested in learning about?: The sea, islands, canals and rivers

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At 9:23am on August 24, 2009, EnLinea Media said…: Ahoy, Michael and Frances, and a hearty welcome to Go-Lo! It's wonderful to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of the site, you may want to take a few minutes to join several other of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Sailing/Boating, Travel Photography, the United Kingdom, Eating/Drinking the World, and various others covering many topics and most world destinations.

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We wish you a great rest of the summer, best of luck in 2009 and beyond, and look forward to hearing more from you...