a:1:{s:5:"entry";a:1:{i:0;a:12:{s:2:"id";s:8:"30559249";s:4:"hash";s:32:"bf7c5752a6f1cc56eb802ae6ea0777bb";s:11:"requestHash";s:15:"rickrewshusband";s:10:"profileUrl";s:35:"http://gravatar.com/rickrewshusband";s:17:"preferredUsername";s:15:"rickrewshusband";s:12:"thumbnailUrl";s:61:"http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/bf7c5752a6f1cc56eb802ae6ea0777bb";s:6:"photos";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:61:"http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/bf7c5752a6f1cc56eb802ae6ea0777bb";s:4:"type";s:9:"thumbnail";}}s:4:"name";a:3:{s:9:"givenName";s:4:"Rick";s:10:"familyName";s:6:"Bailey";s:9:"formatted";s:11:"Rick Bailey";}s:11:"displayName";s:11:"Rick Bailey";s:7:"aboutMe";s:1699:"Since childhood I've been a sailing and boating enthusiast.  I grew up in Florida and had the great blessing to live on lake-front property.  It seems as though a great deal of my growing-up years were spent on or in the water.  I swam, dove, skied, sailed, fished, skim-boarded, and played ten months a year.  The other two months were a little too cool for being in the water, but I often fished then.  My dad and I went on fishing trips to Key West, Marathon, Homosassa, East Lake, St. Johns River, Haulover Canal, Titusville, Mosquito Lagoon - and of course, on our own lake at home.  When near the Gulf or Intracoastal Waterway, I saw cruising sailboats and they inflamed my imagination.  When I wasn't on or in the water, I was reading adventure books set on the water.  Sailing and water sports were in my waking dreams and contributed to poor school work in grade school - too busy day-dreaming.

My adult life arrived.  Years of study, work, family and responsibility flowed by.  Almost on a whim, I bought an 18 foot day sailor - and I was hooked.  We've had several boats since then - including a ski boat when my boys were more interested in speed than going slowly.  We now have a Watkins 27 coastal cruiser (though she's pretty hefty for a coastal boat) that we've owned since 2003.  We sailed her in Jacksonville, FL, then trucked her up to Maryland when I got stationed in Washington DC.

We love sailing the Chesapeake, and we love time spent on the boat.  I happen to like all the maintenance aspects of boat ownership as well, so owning an old boat fits me: lots to repair and maintain!   Now retired from the Navy, I have a lot more time to tinker with the boat and sail the Bay.";s:6:"emails";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"primary";s:4:"true";s:5:"value";s:22:"rick@ruthbaileyart.com";}}s:4:"urls";a:3:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:25:"http://ruthbaileyart.com/";s:5:"title";s:18:"Ruth's Art Website";}i:1;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:34:"http://ruthbaileyart.wordpress.com";s:5:"title";s:15:"Ruth's Art Blog";}i:2;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:37:"http://middlebaysailing.wordpress.com";s:5:"title";s:27:"Chesapeake Bay Sailing Blog";}}}}}