We can work with whatever colourway you prefer, but in this instance #1 I like the understated and peaceful/relaxed approach. I'm open to suggestion...:)
I like the redesigned sailboat version and will bring it up to the team. So far the feedback I have received from them is two fold and I will try my best to articulate it. They are looking for something that "pops" as they told me and perhaps something less concrete like a sailboat/sand dollar and more of an image/logo/absract design like the concept in entry 29.
There are opportunities to build out a brand with concrete imagery - opportunities that do not readily exist with some of the more generic/non-descript marks.
68 is very cool. Can you play with that a little and see if you can make it look like more of a compass but do it really subtly? If the compass theme doesn't work, can you just play with 68 and see what happens?