Uncharted Waters brings together thirty-five stories shaped by oceans, engine rooms, storms, silences, and long nights of reflection. These are not tales of glory, but of endurance, humour, doubt, courage, mischief, faith, loss, and transformation. Each story emerges from the churn of the sea, where certainty is rare, and character is tested daily.

From fires fought in choking darkness to laughter shared over illicit songs on a VHF radio; from improbable stowaways and near-miss disasters to moments of unexpected grace on foreign shores, these stories reveal the deeply human side of life. Some are tense, some playful, some contemplative, but all are rooted in lived and relatable experiences.
Written by people who have sailed across eras and oceans, and others who carried the sea within them long after coming ashore, this anthology is a testament to storytelling as survival, remembrance, and connection.

Uncharted Waters is not just a collection of stories – it is a shared logbook of lives lived between horizon and home, reminding us that the sea shapes not only ships, but souls.

Authors – A. K. Girisam, Abid Ansari, Aditya Saxena, Ajay Gautam, Amit Suri, Anil Deswal ‘Dash’, Aniruddha Pimpalkhare, Dipankar Deb, Hrishikesh Samant, Jafar Ismail, K. B. Swaminathan, Kumar Deepak, Lakshman Pattabhiraman, Mahesh Prasad, Mihir Navalkar, Ramesh Subramanian, Sanjeev Verma, Shailendra Paradkar, Sirius Seshaji Ratnakumar Wayte, Cdr. Subimal Dutt, Suresh N Amirapu, Capt. Sury Pullat, T. B. Srinivasan, Venkat Krishna Soundarraja, Venkatraman Sheshashayee, Vipinkumar U. P., Yash Jain