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Sounds like a bad captain, entirely reactive and not proactive at all. Those people were brought onto the boat to perform these duties but were given no oversight? Why didn't the captain have any knowledge of the fires that were happening so often? The captain had no idea what was being used by the cooks? He didn't talk to the people who bought the fish oil? Never had a meal with any of the lookouts or fishermen?

The captain should be the one to jump overboard in your story.