Joy is when we arrive on an island, nostalgia when we leave. Sailing to an island has taught us to be alive. The words of a writer, the watery brushstrokes of an artist, a journey among the imaginary islands… ’cause we really don’t want to learn to live on dry land. SIRENE 17

Logbook: we have been facing rough seas for days but the trend is for the winds to calm and clouds to clear. Mostly sunny skies ahead as issue 18 approaches!

Issue 18 goes to print at the end of the week. Lovely color proofs have arrived. The most is done, exciting things are on the horizon. Subscriptions via link in bio. Thank you all who have already renewed yours! ph. Launching sailboats in Central Park 1951, by Andreas Feininger

Shades of blue from Sirene 18. Now available for pre-order.

The Gente di Mare Award is back: mailchi.mp/b0cb4d5a81af/p…

Nature and culture, stone and limewash, salt and wind. Thanks to a series of local initiatives, the Cyclades islands are rediscovering and reclaiming their native character. In the perennial struggle between archetypes and stereotypes, author Matteo Trevisani tells us.

Mass stranding of pilot whales at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough in WA sparks rescue effort abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

On 28 April 1947, a balsa raft with six men and a parrot set sail from Callao in Peru. The goal was to reach Polynesia. Its skipper was the then 33-year-old Thor Heyerdahl. Our journalist, Massimo Morello, was lucky enough to have personally met him in 1983. The story on issue 8.

Writer Nathaniel Peutherer had a unique opportunity to sit down and talk with Trevor Robertson, one of the most exceptional sailors of our time, about philosophy, isolation, and love of polar adventure. The Daring Art of Overwintering, Sirene 18, pp 46-55.

Our office this week.

From one port to another - Sirene 19 in sight mailchi.mp/1a3d1bb244b1/p…

We were on board the Italian training ship Palinuro for a few days, across a calm summer Adriatic sea. What make a ship a sailing vessel are the rigging and the fittings, but what bring it all to life are the men and women who make it sail. Words A. Coretti ph. M. Zoppellaro #19

Whales communicate with each other, and maybe they want to communicate with us? We met with David Gruber, the scientist leading the most advanced project to understand sperm whale communication. Deciphering their clicks has never been closer. # Sirene 19

2025 in sight. Season's Greetings from Sirene - mailchi.mp/d4ffa3d0e64b/a…

Sometimes, numbers have a soul - mailchi.mp/2b1ec8ddb1fa/2…

Ten reasons + 1 why you shouldn’t miss issue 20 - mailchi.mp/88561ea8434c/s…

Issue 20 opens with quotes and thoughts that have become almost a mantra for us over these years. #1: The maritime seascape is the only prehistoric image of the world. By @matrismegistos from “Point Nemo”, issue #9, page 23. 10 years of Sirene, take a look, link in bio

JUNE 20 A swim at sunset and the Women & the Wind film mailchi.mp/ae2ed6b8e3ef/2…

#hawaii #tsunami update: traffic looks a bit lighter. Boats moving out to sea to wait it out.