Brown Marine Service, Inc. was incorporated by Capt. Shirley Brown in 1958 as a tugboat and barge company. Over the years it branched out into marina and boatyard services, yacht sales and brokerage, and truck & diesel engine repair and parts.

After the death of Capt. Brown in 2005 the family decided to reorganize the business and sell off all but the Marina & Boatyard and retain some of the investment real estate. Brown Marine Service, Inc. was dissolved but the Marine and Industrial Supply division was rolled into the Marina boat yard division and reincorporated into the present Audusson Marina, LLC using the name of Pelican Perch Marina & Boatyard and Brown Marine Suppy.

The Brown Family also owns various pieces of prime waterfront real estate suitable for development in Pensacola, Florida and in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Shirley J. Brown, founder of Brown Marine Service, Inc. died August 9, 2005 at the age of 91. He shared with everyone a wealth of knowledge concerning ships, boats and the brave mariners who sail the water-ways of the southeast. Captain Brown's family tree reflects the rich diversity of this great nation. One of his ancestors sailed with the legendary privateer, Jean Lafitte; still another was a chief in the Creek Indian nation.

The most noticeable thread binding Shirley Brown's family is the sea. Captain Brown loved to tell this story: "I was just a 1-year old when I went aboard my first boat. I fell off the family dock and landed in a small boat tied-up there. I've been aboard boats ever since."

Brown's grandfather was a ship captain, his father a harbor pilot and boat captain. His son Ted is also a captain and is president of Brown Marine. Grandsons Gary and Steve Bryan are both tug captains.

He was equally at home in the wheelhouse or his office. "I believe I have discovered the fountain of youth," he liked to brag while pointing out his marina window in the direction of Pensacola Bay. "It's salt water!"

Born in 1951, Ted received his BA at Auburn University in 1973, was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army and served 2 years at Ft. Eustis, VA as a Platoon leader, Operations officer, and Supply Officer of an Army watercraft company (tugboats, ships, & barges). Upon returning to Pensacola in 1976, Ted joined the family business which at that time was mostly engaged in the transportation of petroleum products in barges on the Gulf Coast. Over the next 20 years Brown Marine expanded into marina, boatyard, diesel engine service and parts, yacht sales, and, with the internet, is expanding it's presence into maritime and industrial equipment and services. Ted received his MBA from the University of West Florida in 1982 and remained in the U.S.Army Reserve until the early 1980's and earned the rank of Captain. Ted is also a licensed Florida Yacht Broker, Coast Guard licensed Tugboat Master, and served as a Florida State Harbor Pilot Commissioner from 1992 through 2001.

Ted is active in the Rotary Club, Salvation Army, Pensacola Historical Society, and is a member of the Shrine and Scottish Rite. He is married to Kathy Horton-Brown who recently retired after practicing law as a board certified wills and probate attorney for over 20 years. Ted enjoys hiking, computers, photography, and nautical book collecting.

Estill has a degree in Sales & Marketing from the National College of Business in Rapid City, SD and has over 40 years experience in marketing and sales of equipment world-wide. He has 18 years of marketing, sales, and teaching commercial aviation for Piper Aircraft Co. and also has 10 years experience in marketing aircraft instruments, navigation equipment, engines, and aircraft (both new and used). He is married to Gena, who is responsible for customer and vendor development at Brown Marine.