Engine Room Fire, Death at Sea & Near Misses | Captain Ravi Chaudhry

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Ep60: Ravi Chaudhry Last guest of season 3 is veteran merchant navy captain Ravi Chaudhry, whose 34-year seafaring career spanned the transition from celestial navigation to modern GPS-driven shipping. Ravi reflects on joining the merchant navy as a teenager from Punjab with little understanding of life at sea, before rising through the ranks to command massive OBO (oil-bulk-ore) carriers. We delved into the realities of old-school seamanship, navigating before GPS, engine room fires, and handling the weighty responsibility of command. Ravi also discusses the human cost of life at sea — loneliness, isolation, mental health struggles, and the impact of modern social media on younger…