Windjammers, like Moshulu, would spend several years abroad before returning to their homeport for an overhaul on slip. Crew maintained the ships when...

  At thirteen, many of us would have been looking for a bit of freedom from our parents, and perhaps a little adventure. Taking off on a bike for...

Approaching the equator, windjammer crews could look forward to a short break in the endless cycle of work. Sailors who had never ‘crossed the lineâ...

  Built to carry bulk cargo across oceans, windjammers were able to weather all but the most ferocious of storms. The enormous iron and steel shi...

On Sunday 23 February 1936 Harry Andrewartha wrote in his diary “The weather today is fine and we have the gramophone out on the deck and we are all...

  The Cape Horn passage, at the southern tip of South America is renowned for frigid weather and monstrous seas. Unimpeded by large landmasses, w...

Windjammers is the newest addition to the SA Maritime Museums permanent exhibitions. It explores the lives of the young crew who sailed enormous four-...

Remember Captain Flinders’ trusty tomcat, Trim? Every sailing ship needed a cat on board to keep the rats under control. Unfortunately, the Museumâ€...