Back in 1992, my wife and I opened up a barber shop in Houston called Captain Nemo’s.  We decided to place a small advertisement in the local paper to attract more business.  We told the ad designer to provide us with something nautical, and this is what came out of it:

Fast forward to 1996.  My wife and I were now living on a trawler in Channel Islands Harbor in California.  We wanted to dress up a couple of portholes on board the vessel, so we contacted a local stained-glass overlay company.  We gave them the same instructions – provide us with a nautical design of some sort.  Here is what they produced for us:

Kinda wierd, huh?