Journalist:
Boating & Harbor Columnist
- Friday's in the Daily
Pilot Newspaper
division of the Los Angeles Times.
Boat
Test Writer - Sea Magazine.
Nautical News Column
- Monthly for the Lookout
Magazine
Newport Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce.
Books Authored:
VHF Marine
Radio
&
Captain Mike's Basic Sailing for Cat-Rigged
Sailboats
Maritime
Licenses:
United States Coast Guard 100 Ton
Master License
of Power, Steam & Sail vessels in all US Waters
Federal
Communications Commission Licensed
Marine Radio Operator
Graduate from
Maritime Preparation Schools,
Office of Post Education
Yacht & Ship Sales
License,
California Department of Boating & Waterways
Professional Associations & Memberships
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, California
Former Board
of Director
Immediate Past Chair
of the Marine Committee
Founder
of the Newport Charter Boat Operators Alliance
Commodores Club
City of Newport Beach Harbor Committee (former appointed position)
Boy Scout Sea Base
Executive Committee, Newport Beach Facility
California State
Firefighters Association
American Professional
Captains Association
National Association of
Charterboat Operators
US Navy
League Member
Advisory Committee (Honorary) Newport to Ensenada International Yacht
Race NOSA 1997-02
Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, Rocky
Mount, Virginia
Automobile
Club of Southern California - Former Westways Magazine Advisory Committee
Current
Boathouse TVS Public Service Announcement's :
"Wear
Your Lifejacket"
- and-
Two
Times Award Winning Video:
"What Starts at the Drain, Feeds the Harbor When it
Rains"
This award winning
PSA video was shown in all 350 elementary schools in Orange County in
their outdoor science program. This video was produced in conjunction with
Your Video Productions and hosted by
Captain Mike for the
Newport
Beach Chamber of Commerce, and won the
1998 "The Communication" award and the 1999
Videographer's "Award of Excellence."