What We Do
OUR VISION IS: To create positive change in the lives of everyone who experiences South Passage - Adventure Under Sail.
OUR MISSION IS: To operate a voyage program that facilitates and embodies the R.O.P.E.S Program in all Voyagers.
OUR PURPOSE: To provide a safe and challenging experience, using the ship as a medium to develop leadership, initiative, independence and self-discipline.
OUR PROGRAM: ROPES: Respect, Opportunity, Participation, Enjoyment, Safety
RESPECT
for others/for the ship’s hierarchy/for the ship
OPPORTUNITY
for personal growth / for stepping up / for stepping out
PARTICIPATION
by everyone
ENJOYMENT
in a job well done / in the surrounds / in the company
SAFETY
is maintained whilst personal boundaries are explored
How Participants will Benefit
Create positive changes in young people by empowering them to learn about the person that they can be by providing a life changing “Experience of a lifetime”.
Build confidence
Develop personal skills & team work
Team building
Delivering a boat load of fun
Experience sailing
Create lasting memories
Upcoming Day Sails
Looking for something different to do on the weekend? Come join us for a day on the bay! No experience necessary.
You can do as much or as little work as you like. Either jump in and haul on ropes to hoist the sails, grab the wheel and – with the skipper’s permission and supervision – guide the big ship around the bay, or sit back, enjoy a drink and watch the world sail by. Weather permitting, we should even be able to stop for a swim. Depending on the prevailing winds, we usually make it over to the Big Sand Hills on the south end of Moreton Island or Horseshoe Bay over on Peel Island.
Book NowJoin us for a sailing adventure around the waters of Bribie Island!
South Passage is a 100ft gaff-rigged schooner built with advantages of modern technology merged with the spirit and romance of traditional sailing.
You can do as much or as little work as you like. Either jump in and haul on ropes to hoist the sails, grab the wheel and – with the skipper’s permission and supervision – guide the big ship around the bay, or sit back, enjoy a drink and watch the world sail by. Weather permitting, we should even be able to stop for a swim. Depending on the prevailing winds, we might sail around the waters of Moreton Island.
Come enjoy the great outdoors!
Upcoming Voyages
2024 Youth Voyages
3, 4, 5,7 or 8 days
$175 per day
Designed especially to cater for The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award participants, one of our voyages covers both the Practice and Qualifying Adventurous Journeys.
You can also use our 5-day Silver voyage for the Gold Residential.
We have at least one Youth Voyage scheduled for every lot of school holidays and can sometimes offer a 3-day Bronze voyage over a long weekend.
Voyages take place right up and down the eastern seaboard, from Cairns to Sydney as well as in our home base of Moreton Bay.
You don’t have to be enrolled in The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award to participate in one of our Youth Voyages – just be aged 13 – 22 and be keen for an Adventure Under Sail. No prior sailing experience is required.
Clicking on the link below will not necessarily mean you are making a booking….there is also plenty of information and, if you decide you’d like to come out with us, you can also book yourself a spot.
Book NowBrisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race
3 days
$1142
This event is fully booked but you can still join the waiting list. Click on the link below to submit your details.
Join part of a tight knit crew to be part of this blue water classic!
3 DAYS RACING FROM BRISBANE TO GLADSTONE
Come aboard Queensland’s only tall ship…South Passage.
Get away from the world, leave your emails and text messages behind and take on the sea! This is a modern ship built and operated along traditional lines. Be part of the crew sailing this 100ft gaff-rigged schooner up the coast to Gladstone, Queensland. Come aboard on Good Friday for the trip of a lifetime.
Book NowLend a Hand & Support Us
We have a proud tradition of fulfilling our vision:
"To create positive change in the lives of everyone who experiences South Passage - Adventure Under Sail".
I would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the South Passage Foundation.
This will be used to sponsor disadvantaged or at-risk people by funding berths on suitable ‘sail training’ voyages to provide them with a personal development opportunity.
I would like to support the operation of South Passage.
This will be used for maintenance and ongoing operating costs to keep South Passage viable.
Direct to South Passage - Non Tax Deductible
via the Australian Sports Foundation - for those that wish to claim a Tax Deduction