Design

The Southern Cross is a 1976 design by

Thomas Gilmer as a traditional, double-ended

cruising sailboat whose underbody has a fine

entry, firm midship section, and fine run aft.

The hull topside has a spoon bow, moderately

low freeboard, and a rockered sheer. It is

powered by a masthead sloop rig or a 24 hp

diesel inboard auxiliary. The deck has a trunk

cabin and aft cockpit for tiller steering. It is

typical of a type believed generally suitable

for alongshore and offshore cruising in

moderate weather with proper preparation,

adequate skills, and prudent seamanship.

Heat and Air

Mermaid thermostatically-

controlled ~8,000 btu reverse-

cycle heat pump with seawater

intake and AC water pump.

Electronics

NAVIGATION-COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS:

Cockpit:

• Compass: In the bridgedecks aft face wKick Guard.
• Multi-Nav: New 2015 Raymarine
• Model I70 depth, speed, wind speed, AIS
• Radar, GPS & Chart Plotter
• 2015 B & G Zeus T12 touch-screen display and plotter with 4G antenna on mast face
• Autopilot: 2014 Raymarine Tillerpilot with control head

Inside Navigation Station:

• VHF Radio: New 2014
• Standard Horizon Eclipse

Mast and Rigging

Some Items New in 2014

Mast & Standing Rigging: Masthead sloop sailplan. Wood bowsprit with

stainless cap bolted to the stemplate area. White-painted Kenyon aluminum mast

stepped on the cabin top with a teak compression post carrying the loads to the top of

the ballast. Standing rigging appears to be the original 1978 stainless steel 1x19 wire

with swaged terminals at both ends, Nav-Tec

center-stud stainless turnbuckles at the

bottom end and stainless bar stock

chainplates bolted through the hull skin for

the stays and the bulkheads and hanging

knees or accommodation liner for the

shrouds.

 The rigging schedule includes a

bobstay, a replacement headstay inside the

roller furling, split back stay, cap shroud

through a single spreader, and forward and

aft lower shrouds to the spreader base.

Sails & Running Rigging: White-

painted aluminum boom with fixed

gooseneck. New Doyle Sails Dacron

mainsail with 3 deep reefs, leech battens and

mainsail cover, sheeting from the traveler

spanning the seahood, with the sheet led aft

on the cabin top to a clutch and winch beside

the companionway. New ProFurl roller

furling on the headstay to fly the new Doyle

full-hoist #3 genoa with sun strip, sheeting

through adjustable toerail blocks to 2-speed

winches on the cockpit coamings. External

Dacron double-braid halyards, led to winches

with horn cleats on the mast sides.

Custom Interior

Custom Interior built by a Yacht Craftsman .The Stairs over the Engine are Custom

Dining Table is Custom with 5 Different woods