Brett Lee started his lifetime association with CruiseCraft boats when he was just 10 years old. He fished for bream in a 10 foot timber dinghy built by Kevin Nichols when Kevin was doing his boat building apprenticeship. Brett ‘s father, Cec was a stalwart in the Southern Cross fishing club in Toowoomba. The club…
Not many kids grow up with a cougar as a playmate, but Jay Furniss pictured here, did. He and Mal McInnes have been mates since the Ark and from when Mal once owned the Golden River Zoo at Mildura in Victoria’s north-west. Pride of the exhibits was a house-tamed and trained cougar which even once…
Brett’s name is famous through south-east Queensland fishing competitions as a snapper guru. Look down any tournament board in a south-east Queensland offshore fishing competition and the odds are that you will see Brett’s name. He has won enough fishing rods in these competitions to impressively stock a tackle shop. Always ready to share his…
Bruce covers plenty of miles in his 2002 Outsider. As the third owner of the boat which undertook rescue work at Tweed Heads before being on-sold to another owner in Western Australia, Bruce put a fair bit of effort into tidying up the boat. He uses the boat for family outings to Rottnest Island and…
Meet Greg Morris from Boomi in northern New South Wales – successful farmer, recreational pilot, crop duster pilot, thrill seeker, rodeo clown and owner of an Explorer 685. Greg previously owned a 26 foot Sea Ray but figured: “It just didn’t have the zip for crossing the coastal bars” which he regularly visited in northern…
Luke Deighton undertook a fantastic, complete restoration of a CruiseCraft Stinger 506. He’s yet another member of the Deighton family which figures regularly in team CruiseCraft newsletters. They travel to great places from their home in Brisbane and they have shot some spectacular photos. As well as being an offshore fisherman of some repute, Luke…
Steve and Darelle Deighton are stalwarts of Team CruiseCraft. Often seen travelling in the company of Steve and Lyn Murray and Graham and Kath Taylor (who also have red-trimmed 685’s), they’re regulars up at 1770 and the Boyne Tannum Hook-Up. Always ready to give some great advice and a few waypoints to newcomers, the Deightons…
This couple has encyclopaedic knowledge about great places to go in a CruiseCraft. Keen fisherfolk (Kathleen has amassed a wall of trophies), they’ve also built up a wealth of knowledge about the performance of different propellers, fuel economy and best travelling speeds. They’re the ones to see about the best places to stay when you…
Sally Jones from Southport on the Gold Coast is one of Team CruiseCraft’s most active photographers. Here’s an example – a great sunset shot when fishing down the Pin (that’s the Jumpinpin Bar area between North Stradbroke and South Stradbroke Islands at the northern end of the Gold Coast). Sally managed to secure personalised CC575Q…
Danny Burke, (better known in local circles as Danny The Barber) sold his Power Cat 2600 to secure a CruiseCaft Resort 6 for his family which includes wife, Kim, and daughters Rubie and Ella. And why the change? “When I saw how well Resorts performed in choppy water, I realised that we didn’t really need…