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Sailing Ships: The Last Windjammers
Grain Races Round Cape Horn tells the story of the great sailing ships that raced from Australia to Europe carrying grain, from the 1920s to 1949.
With more than 30 sails piled high and wide on their four masts these great ships were pictures of power and beauty.omposer Percy Grainger. Windjammers traded between Australian and Europe from 1920s to the 1940s. Each year this fleet sailed from Europe south to the Cape of Good Hope and struck east harnessing the Roaring 40s to the grain ports of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Loaded with Australian grain they raced eastwards around Cape Horn and home to Europe. Other Days Gone By articles: |
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