Photo: © Chris Miyashiro
Issue 21 features
‘A‘ā. Homeward Bound
Twenty-two days aboard a 26-foot catamaran, sailing from San Diego to Hawaii, almost as the ancestors once did: an ancient pathway, a voyage back to the motherland.
A Journey to Ios
We do not choose the place where we are born, and not even where we remain. Often the places choose us. One day, Christian Diener; a young G e r m a n art director, set foot on the Greek island of los and felt he was home. Through his photographs, los lives on, its soul untouched.
Calm in Chaos
Swimming at night through roaring waves, mastering the currents together with his fears, a s they show up in the darkness. Al Mennie lives life by the tide, he always enters the water feeling a deep sense of devotion. And the ocean never stops talking to him.
R. Buckminster Fuller and the Sea
For American inventor and visionary RB Fuller, there is an undeniable difference between those accustomed to the sea – constantly adapting to the ever-shifting nature of water – and those who remain within the dull certainty of the mainland.
Surfing and Climbing, Yin and Yang
For a surfer, a line is what they pursue on a wave. For a climber, a line is what they look for on a wall. Whether you’re in the water or on the rock face, there’s an essential way to experience nature in Versilia that evokes California’s Golden Age.
Captain Paul Watson
He is Captain Ahab in reverse; his life at sea has been marked by countless battles, always fighting for the whales and against those who threaten them.
The Secrets of Satawal
On a remote atoll in a remote archipelago in Micronesia, outrigger canoes have never stopped sailing beyond the coral reef. The men on board safeguard millennial knowledge; natural navigation is still a living art.
Sailing Across a Wounded Sea
It is the story of an ideal journey around the Mediterranean to meet its non-human inhabitants. In an excerpt from the book, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara narrates an encounter with two Cuvier’s beaked whales in the warm Levantine Sea.
Gente di Mare Award #3
In this third edition of the Gente di Mare Award, the winners are two surfers, two freedivers, and a traditional boatbuilder. Each of their stories speaks of the sea, but also a little bit about us.