eastwards in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties via Cape Horn. Voyages took anything between the record-breaking 83 days by the Parma in 1933 to over five months – depending on the ship, weather conditions, and the skills of the captains and crews. The sailors who rounded Cape Horn were known as Cape Horner. Cape Horner Associations were set up in many countries around the world. The museum has signage and displays paying tribute to the Cape Horners and the Australian Cape Horners in particular. The era of sailing ships ended in 1949 when the Pamir and Passat made the final commercial sailing voyage in the world by ships without auxiliary engines. The museum is known for its displays of shipwreck artifacts from around Wardang Island. The Wardang Island Maritime Heritage Trail exists on the sites of eight of the shipwrecks. The First Encounters Display provides information on the local Narungga indigenous people and their culture, the charting of the Spencer Gulf by Matthew Flinders and Nicholas Baudin, as well as the setting up of the large sheep pastoral leases on the Yorke Peninsula in the nineteenth century. References External links Port Victoria Maritime Museum page on the South Australian Community History website Yorke Peninsula: Port Victoria Sydney Morning Herald article about Port Victoria mentioning the Maritime Museum Maritime Heritage in South Australia Wardang Island Maritime Heritage Trail International Association of Cape Horners Information about Wardang Island and the Narungga aboriginals Museums in South Australia Maritime museums in Australia Yorke Peninsula