Newsletters: 2012

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 guys in lycra ride around France. Yes for 21 days […]

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 shattering issue that […]

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 down on last year with most […]

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 forward to the show each year […]

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 secret ambition to represent Australia […]

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 being that the South East Coast resembles the North Shore of Hawaii […]

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 annual Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race will begin […]

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 sailing has been wagging school, not doing […]

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 contacted by the […]