New Nautical Coatings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, FL], parent company of Sea Hawk Paints, Blue Water Marine Paints, Flexdel/Aquagard Paints and Hawk Epoxy, announced the appointment of Doug Laue to chief financial officer. Prior to joining New Nautical Coatings, Lane spent nine years as the CFO of Davidoff of Geneva, Inc. Before that he served as CFO of several businesses in Florida and Massachusetts and a manager at Ernst & Young LLP.