What really happens at sea?

Beyond charts, engines, and cargo schedules lies a world few ever see — a world of long nights, sudden danger, unexpected laughter, and friendships built far from land.

This anthology brings together 30 stories by 30 seafarers, each offering a glimpse into life on board and ashore across oceans and decades. Some stories are tense and gripping, others tender or laugh-out-loud funny, but all are rooted in real experiences and honest emotions.

Here are tales of storms survived and mistakes survived better. Of authority tested, fear mastered, friendships formed, and humour found in the unlikeliest moments. These stories don’t glorify the sea — they respect it — and they honour the people who work within its rules.

Whether you have been at sea or are simply curious about it, these stories will stay with you long after the last page. Because once the sea enters a life, it never truly leaves.

Read these stories for adventure.
Stay for the truth.
Return for the humanity.

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Authors

S. S. R. Wayte, Rohit Agarwal, Aditya Saxena, Mahesh Prasad, Ajay Gautam, Abid Ansari, Prabal Mohanty, Ramesh Subramanian, Vaibhav Mohan, Amit Suri, Venkat Krishna Soundarraja, Siju Chettiam Veetil, Dipankar Deb, Anil Deswal ‘Dash’, Aniruddha Pimpalkhare, K.B. Swaminathan, Kumar Deepak, Sånjeev V Mehra, A. K. Girisam, Gaurav Agarwal, Shailendra Rajendra Paradkar, Chandni Bhatnagar, Jafar Ismail, Mihir Navalkar, Mohit Gupta, Srinivasan T.B., Kripa Sagar Janardhanan, Suresh Narayana Amirapu, Capt Sury Pullat, Hrishikesh Samant