This site is the home of Steeled, a nautical memoir written by the late Captain Salim Chida. We recently concluded a second draft of his manuscript.
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Steeled will be ready to ship in June of 2025
- Published!
Great news! We are getting ready to launch Steeled on June 13. - We’ve started querying publishers
Last weekend, we concluded three separate readings of the manuscript. Dozens of grammatical and typograhical errors were found among a few missing transitions. The overall result is a smoother and tighter manuscript. Before we considered self-publishing, we wanted to do our due diligence and pitch the manuscript to a selet few publishers. We will post - Man Overboard
An excerpt from the chapter, Man Overboard. We loaded steel coils and set sail for Port Klang in Malaysia. At Port Dampier in northwest Australia, we took a full load of bulk iron ore destined for Kaohsiung in Taiwan. There, we had a change in the crew. The Radio Officer left and was replaced by - The Handwritten Manuscript
These are the notebooks containing Captain Chida’s original manuscript that were then typed up in a second pass. A couple other documents are shared here amongst several he had in storage. - Growlers in Newfoundland
An excerpt from the chapter Growlers in Newfoundland. The Panama Canal transit is a beautiful experience. The canal uses a rail-based system that uses electric locomotives called “mules” which are essentially rail-based tugs to move ships from higher sea levels to lower and vice versa while also guiding them through the chambers and keeping them - This Poem by Noel Payne
My father came across it in a whatsapp message from one of his retired mates. He liked it and asked me if it would be good to include in the book. I said I would look into it. I’ve pasted the poem below. It is available on various web sites. But I can’t find enough