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The boat has a draft of 2.00 ft (0.61 m) with the standard shoal draft keel. [1] [2] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) well-mounted outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. [1] [2] The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow.
The Southern Cross 35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with an Airtex core in the hull and a balsa core for the deck, and also with wooden trim. It has a cutter rig , a raked stem , a canoe style transom , a skeg -mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed raked fin keel with a cutaway forefoot.
Southerner had the ability to transmit live pictures back to shore and also to record video for subsequent editing. The maritime tradition of the south coast of England (Southern Television's reception area) provided many opportunities to use the craft, which was used to cover Cowes Week and the Fastnet race as well as one-off boating and water skiing events.
Southern Cross is a 12-metre class racing yacht, constructed in Terry Hills by Halvorsen Morson and Gowland of Mona Vale. Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond funded the project and was designed by Australian designer Ben Lexcen .
SS Southern Cross was a steam-powered sealing vessel that operated primarily in Norway and Newfoundland.. She was lost at sea returning from the seal hunt on March 31, 1914, killing all 174 men aboard in the same storm that killed 78 crewmen from the SS Newfoundland, a collective tragedy that became known as the "1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster".
Southern Cross was built at Wivenhoe, Essex, England, by Forrest & Sons in 1891 as an barquentine-rigged yacht, with auxiliary steam power.. Built for service with the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church with funds estimated at £9,000 contributed by Bishop John Richardson Selwyn and others.
The cabin and outfit of this great southern steamer surpasses that of any boat that has yet graced the trade, and her accommodations are on the same scale of grandeur and magnificence. She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining ...
The Latécoère 300 series of aircraft were a group of civil and military flying boats. They were manufactured by French aircraft manufacturer Latécoère in the 1930s. A single Latécoère 300 was built; it was flown for the first time in 1931 and sank the same year. It was rebuilt and flown again in 1932, being named Croix du Sud ("Southern ...