Captain Rick Grapes is a United States Coast Guard licensed Master Captain (100 ton). He grew up boating on the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean out of Ocean City, Maryland and Morehead City, North Carolina. Over the years he has operated skiffs, center console fishing boats, sport fishing boats, head boats, high speed jet boats, tiki boats, and luxury sailing catamarans. His travels have taken him from the U.S. Atlantic coast to the Florida Keys and gulf coast and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.