“The cure for anything is salt water —
sweat, tears, or the sea.”

~ Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Seven Gothic Tales (1934)

A blackout in a smoke-filled engine room. A typhoon that swallows a ship whole. A honeymoon that goes catastrophically wrong. A rescued macaw finding its way home.

Salt, Smoke, Steel brings together twenty-five extraordinary stories from eighteen seafarers who have lived through disaster, laughter, heartbreak, and everything the ocean throws at those who dare to sail her. Written by masters, engineers, and lifelong lovers of the sea, these are the stories rarely told ashore: unfiltered, unforgettable, and utterly true.
This is not a book about ships or sea. It is a book about the people who sail them, and the waves that change them forever.

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Authors 

Abid Ansari, Aditya Saxena, Amit Suri, Anil Deswal ‘Dash’, Aniruddha Pimpalkhare, Capt. Bhupesh Gandhi, Deepak Raju, Dipankar Deb, Mahesh Prasad, Prabal Mohanty, Ramesh Subramanian, Capt. Rippudaman Sudarshan, Sandeep Kumar, Sirius Seshaji Ratnakumar Wayte, Srinivasan TB, Sunil Anand Roy, Vaibhav Mohan, Venkat Krishna Soundarraja

Brand

Abid Ansari

 

Abid Ansari, General Manager-Technical Abid, a Chief Engineer turned storyteller, has spent a lifetime chasing horizons and now charts new courses through words. He blends technical insight with reflective writing, casting the same curiosity that once guided him across oceans into the world of stories, one narrative at a time.

Amit Suri

 

Amit Suri, Founder - Design Studio & Publishing House Amit, Engineer & MBA by qualification, is a creative-business person at heart. He is co-founder of a design studio and publishing house, where he blends technical expertise and management insight with creativity. He enjoys collaborating with like-minded individuals to foster personal and professional growth.

DMET-MERI

 

DMET (Directorate of Marine Engineering Training) and MERI (Marine Engineering and Research Institute) represent India's top historic school for training marine engineers, which is now part of the Indian Maritime University Kolkata Campus.

INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS (INDIA)

 

The Institute of Marine Engineers is a premier body representing marine engineering professionals from India.The Institute actively provides facilities to further enhance knowledge of members and extends a wide range of services encompassing professional growth to the welfare of members.