The quality of food provided for the crew often depended as much on the cleanliness of the vessel as the skill of the cook. Listen to Wally Caldwell describe the inadequate diet he endured on pre-war coal-burning vessels.
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Reference: Walter Caldwell, Kiwi in a crow's nest. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 1978, p. 90
by Peter Watson
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