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Student Spotlight on Allie Lewis
Allie and her partner Adrian, along with Allie’s dad Mark, recently completed the 5-day RYA Competent Crew course run by Southern Cross Yachting. With plans to purchase a catamaran and set sail around the European Union later this year, the RYA Competent Crew...
Student Spotlight on Lala Koa
Having never been on a sailing vessel, Lala Koa came to us last year with the ambition to earn the Yachtmaster qualification. Now, almost a year on Lala has progressed through the Competent Crew, RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper theory, diesel and radio courses and...
Student Spotlight on Todd McHenry
Everyone’s voyage into sailing is different and with this in mind, we are pleased to introduce our Student Spotlight series. First up, Yachtmaster preparation week & exam student Todd McHenry. When he’s not cruising Moreton Bay and beyond, Todd’s usual ‘9-5’ is...
Taking boat maintenance and RYA training abroad in 2023
The life of a ‘boaty’ takes you places, be it The Whitsundays, The Grenadines or the shores of French Polynesia, there are always new waters to be explored and - here’s the kicker - more boat maintenance to be done. Recently, Southern Cross Yachting (SCY) principal...
Communication in this new world. Over.
Welcome to this edition of Southern Cross E-News. How the world has changed in only a few short weeks. Back in February (seems like a lifetime ago now) us older types were still struggling to turn off predictive text, include an emoji in an email or summon up Siri,...
A New World
To all in the Southern Cross Yachting community, It has been sometime since my last newsletter – when I last wrote, the world was a very different place to what it is now. As I look out the office window across the marina, as I have done nearly every day for the...
Coming home for Christmas
Welcome to this Christmas edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. As another huge year draws to a close it is a time for celebration, reflection and trying to find a carpark at Carindale shopping centre. This is the time of year, when we realize how much we value...
The Main Event
Welcome to another 20th year in business Southern Cross Yachting Enews. Between Wimbledon, the Tour de France, the Aussie skipper of the Kiwi boat beating the Aussie skipper of the USA boat in the America’s Cup, and those two chaps beating each other up in the...
Dr Google and the America’s Cup
Welcome to the second of our 20 year anniversary editions of Southern Cross Yachting Enews. As I have mused many times before, the wonders of the Interweb never cease to amaze. And this week has been no exception with the brilliant coverage of the 35th Americas...
Happy Anniversary!
Welcome to this first edition of Southern Cross Yachting Enews for 2017. And what a special year it is for us here at Southern Cross. 1997. John Howard is Prime Minister, Rob Borbidge is Premier of Queensland, and US President Bill Clinton has a young intern called...
