Always following on BB......
.....in the original vessel, was the prawn cooker heated by the engine exhaust, or did the tank have a few electrical immersion heaters?...as the water must be on the boil for the prawns?
[many years ago we watched the
Illawarra Star motor into Wollongong harbor, berth... then unload approx 75 of those NSW Government Fisheries 25 kg capacity
blue plastic boxs of
cooked prawns ..
[~~75 x 25 x $25.00/kg = ~~ just about $47 thousand retail.....]
Now I don't want to start a discussion on the profitably of fishing {or the days when they came home empty} ....but it was an eye opener for a good days catch