THE FUSE

For our annual travel issue, we cast off for new shores in more ways than one. Following in the footsteps of Odysseus and Onassis, we set sail across the Aegean to explore six slightly-lower-profile Greek islands in the Cyclades and Dodecanese and document the creative communities, permanent and transient, responsible for a recharged cultural energy there. We also investigate a niche in the world of cruising as a new wave of sleek, smaller vessels usurp the floating behemoths, promising greater comfort, cooler surroundings and perhaps a glimpse of what keeps the tech barons besotted by boats.