Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Enews. I trust you are all relaxing around the pool, presents wrapped and under the tree, Christmas lunch all planned and ready to go, Santa snow on the windows and Bing Crosby crooning ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like...
Yes I know it has been some time since my last newsletter. No real excuse really except a newsletter should really contain some news and, well not much has happened. Until today. So just what news item is of such importance that has dragged me from my self-imposed...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Enews. Sitting at my desk here at East Coast Marina, I behold a panoramic view across Manly Harbour towards Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron’s VIP Jetty. I try not to look out the window in the mornings – that way I still have...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Enews. Well as predicted the school holidays are upon us and here at Southern Cross we are still recovering from the first weekend of the break. The reason for this is a birthday party we hosted for 8 thirteen year old boys...
Those of us that have school age children are aware of a certain spring in the steps of our kids this week. The reason for this of course is that the exam block is over and they are about to embark on what appears to the main activity of the school year – being on...
As I write this newsletter I am back in the office for the first time in a fortnight after 2 weeks in glorious north Queensland. Our annual offshore experience trip to Airlie Beach was a festival of glorious weather, great sailing and whales, whales and more whales!...
Well what a couple of weeks for the sport of sailing in this country. 3 golds and a silver medal at Weymouth and the millions of eyeballs on our sport! The challenge now for those administering the sport is to capitalize on this success and to use it to put ‘bums in...
Welcome to this Olympic edition of Southern Cross Enews. It is somewhat bleary eyed that I sit at the keyboard this morning after a late night sitting up waiting to watch ‘Local Boy’ Matt Belcher smack the Poms in the 470 class medal race to take the Gold. Except it...
Good lord the ‘Who will float off first’ can of worms is showing no signs of abating with still more replies pouring in. Many I might add telling me I am wrong! Once and for all it has nothing to do with the mass and momentum of supertankers, the uplifting moment of a...
Well who could’ve predicted the response generated by a simple question I posed last week? From the number of replies we have received I just hope no heated arguments have ruined friendships! As you will recall, I told (rather bravely I thought) the story about 2 of...
As the new financial year gets underway, sport has shoved the economy and politics off the front page of our newspapers. Hundreds of thousands of Australians are nodding off at their desks this morning, exhausted after staying up all night watching a bunch of skinny...
There is much to be said for the ‘ostrich’ approach to a problem. By ignoring a problem you can get on with other things more important at the time but naturally that problem is unlikely to go away. In fact it will only become a bigger problem. So what is this earth...
This interwebby thingo that I am speaking to you via is truly an amazing thing. It gives me cause to wonder what we all did before it came along. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s I used to own an advertising agency and I spent about 12 hours a day sitting in my...
As I write we are steaming down the Coomera River, the 2012 Sanctuary Cove International Boat show in our wake. As the nouveau riche mansions pass by the cabin windows it gives me time to reflect on this year’s show. Both the number of exhibitors and the crowds were...
Welcome to this boat show edition of Southern Cross Yachting ENews. Yes it’s that time of year again. Time for me to dust off the Hawaiian shirts, break out the brochures and banners and head on down to Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. I must admit I do look...
The big news this week is that the International Olympic Committee has announced that kite boarding will be introduced after the London games. Now I was quite excited when I heard that a new sailing class was to be added to the games. You see I have always harboured a...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting ENews. I am writing this newsletter from the picturesque fishing hamlet of Tin Can Bay, where myself (and several other returning Brisbane to Gladstone competitors) are waiting to cross the Wide Bay Bar. The problem...
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross Yachting ENews. The supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of chocolate eggs and bunnies and this means that one of the most important events in the Christian calendar is almost upon us. Yes in 4 days time the 64th...
I have recently received a copy of a rather concerning document about the state of the sport of sailing. The gemba ‘Product Positioning and Brand Strategy’ report amounts to a report card on the sport and if the highly qualified folks at gemba are to be believed, then...
Irony is a strange thing. Have you ever wondered why ‘abbreviate’ is such a long word or why ‘phonetic’ begins with a ‘PH’ spoken as an ‘F’? Irony came to visit me over the weekend. After my last newsletter paying out on news reporters I found it a little ironic to be...
I always find the television news most entertaining over the holiday season. Not so much for the news content, but more for the news presenters. During this period all the big name news readers are on leave – no doubt relaxing at their Noosa penthouses or their...
Welcome to the first edition of Southern Cross Yachting ENews for 2012. This year we celebrate our 15th year in business and this achievement is thanks completely to you, our loyal customers for your support over the years. One of the most rewarding aspects of the...
