port lincoln was visited in 1939 by english travel author eric newby, while he was crew in the four-masted barque "moshulu", which anchored off boston island. "moshulu" had taken 82 days to sail to port lincoln from belfast in ballast (a fast passage for a windjammer). but there was no grain to be had there, even though "moshulu" waited at anchor for most of january. the crew was given shore leave in port lincoln, encountering large amounts of australian wine. "moshulu" finally sailed to port victoria for cargo.