HIHO Style: Charts & Maps
Our interest in collecting charts & maps must have started when we were young and sailing boats up and down the Caribbean. Pouring over the chart we were using as we made our to or from Antigua or down to Puerto Rico we always fascinated over the islands we were passing. Even though we were sailing in our backyard it was always interesting to see exactly where were or learn the name of the point, rock or islet we were passing. (Confession- we still pour over charts, though they are now digital and you can zoom in and out electronically…) Now we collect all the charts we can get our hands on. Of course we favor ones from the Caribbean and we have a cool collection of UK, US and French charts with some dating back to the 1960’s. We started framing them and hanging them in our stores. We take sections of torn charts and frame them too. The attached photo shows one wall in our store.
