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Stories by Sam Low

Sam Low

Alternate Path for Petty Offenders: Restorative Justice

January 31, 2017
Sam Low

In Hawaii they call it Ho’oponopono, in New Zealand it’s Te Whanau Awhina. And the Wampanoag people have a similar traditional process — a way of finding a balance or resolution...

Swimming Through the Waters of Time, Led by a Piano Maestro

January 19, 2017
Sam Low

People came and just kept coming. David Stanwood’s concert at the West Tisbury Library was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. and folks were still flooding in. Typical Islanders on island time. More...

A Good Man on Land and Water

November 10, 2016
Sam Low

The Kuehn’s Way affordable housing development is named in honor of Robert H. Kuehn Jr., a great friend, who passed away on June 15, 2006. I live in a home that Bob and I purchased together...

On the Ocean or in the Garden, the Key Is Nurturing the Soul

June 9, 2016
Sam Low

When Hokule’a sails into Vineyard Haven on Tuesday, June 28 the captain and navigator Bruce Blankenfeld will guide her to Tisbury Wharf. Bruce stands over six feet tall and he weighs under 180...

At Sea, Guided by the Rhythm of Nature

May 26, 2016
Sam Low

Imagine an ocean of islands spanning ten million square miles. Now imagine you must navigate that world without charts or instruments ­— without even a compass — to find a tiny island...

Guided by the Stars and the Past; Preserved for the Future

April 21, 2016
Sam Low

The island was tiny. As we sailed closer, we smelled the sweet aroma of land. We saw a crowd on the beach. Then the singing reached us — a soft, undulating sound blending with surf and wind....

When Finding the Way Means Much More Than Learning to Steer

March 14, 2016
Sam Low

Chad Baybayan stands about five feet, eight inches tall. He has a swimmer’s body, suggesting a capability of delivering powerful strokes and a strong finishing kick. He is dark, both by genetic...

Hail the Hokule'a, Twin Hulls of Heaven

February 4, 2016
Sam Low

To a modern sailor’s eye, she appears strange. Her twin hulls are joined by laminated wooden crossbeams and fastened to them by six miles of rope lashings woven into complex patterns...

Mahalo Hokule'a, We Await You

December 23, 2015
Sam Low

Hokule’a is a replica of the vessels used by Polynesians to settle the Pacific Ocean, a third of our planet, a thousand years before the arrival of Europeans. Launched in 1975, she has sailed...

Sailing With the Ancestors, Guided by Nature’s Compass

October 8, 2015
Sam Low

On Feb. 26, 2000, we departed Tahiti, bound for the big Island of Hawaii. As we sailed beyond the reef and into the deep ocean, the sea turned azure, then almost black. On shore, the people of...

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