Blog entries for: Marine

Sunbrella to the Rescue!

This photo comes from Sunbrella fabric designer Sara Hall.  While working her way back from a dive in very choppy water, their group completely lost engine power on the boat while quickly approaching a concrete pier.  Thanks to the quick thinking of Algrove “Smitty” Smith of Grand Turk Diving Co., they unhooked the Sunbrella Jockey Continue reading →

Inspiring Hues…The Power of Orange

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve no place to go, let it snow! let it snow! let it snow! Let’s recharge our batteries and move forward toward spring with the latest lively reddish orange, Pantone Tangerine Tango color of the year for 2012. “Sophisticated but at Continue reading →

Schaefer Yachts do Brazil

Schaefer Yachts reinvented the way Brazilians relate to the sea. Founder Marcio Schaefer expresses the spirit of conquest in his boats, and has built a pioneer brand without precedent in the nautical history of Brazil. Created in the 1930’s, the Italian  brand Pininfarina has designed unforgettable car models for Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo, among Continue reading →

Inspiring Hues… Creating Color Schemes

A Color scheme is a set of colors that produces an agreeable appearance. The most sensible designs use a minimum of two or three colors but no more than six because the greater the amount of colors that you apply, the more complicated it is to attain a cohesive effect. One of the most critical Continue reading →