How we got here…
Transatlantic Sailor and Airline Pilot for 25 years
Flying the fastest commercial jet in the world to 300+ pax airplanes.
Crossing in sailboats the Atlantic, the mediterranean & the Caribbean sea many times
20 paddling Expeditions in 5 countries covering all the coast from the Orinoco River in Venezuela to Panama City in the Pacific Ocean.
Avid Kayaker following the ocean & river routes of our ancient amerindians with our Reto Caribe project
Two trips to Anglesey, Wales, R.U. to the most famous Kayak meet in the world to train, compete & run the famous wave formed by the tidal races.
Preparation, Competition & Tidal races
Surfing the Tidal races in the Irish Sea
3rd place finish in the Greenland games competition for the second consecutive year
Trips needed to be registered and taking a film crew was not always practicable or affordable, so we studied and learned to do them ourselves.
One passion led to another, Film making
Deep in the Orinoco Delta interviewing our “Moyotu”, Warao word for boat constructor who communicates with the spirit of the tree to ask permission to build a Curiara from him.
We have produced 15 Documentaries which have been selected to 61 Festivals in 16 Countries, many of them awarded.
Reto a las Islas Prometidas 2016
First Experimental Archeology Expedition in the Country
Reconstruction of the route followed by the “Valenciod’s”, an Amerindian culture living in the Valencia plains (Venezuela) between 1000 to 1500 AC who travelled 130 km of Open Ocean Routes to collect Conch for their people
We began in 2013 traveling to the last ancient tribes in the Venezuelan Jungle to learn how to build “Curiaras”. We then spent the next 3 years learning to paddle them in the Ocean.
In January 2016, for the first time in 500 years, after 2 years tranning a crew of 17 non mariners, but accomplished athletes, we paddled for 30 hours non stop the 130 km of Open Ocean to “Dos Mosquises”, the sacred and ceremonial Island of the Valenciod’s in the Los Roques archipielago.
Proving that the long distance seafaring expeditions needed to populate the Caribbean Sea were possible as the distance between land and Los Roques is the same as the longest between Islands of the Caribbean.
Arriving in “Dos Mosquises”, the sacred and ceremonial Island of the Valeniods in Los Roques, 30 hours of continuous paddling from the mainland
Reto Waikeri 2017
We now needed to prove that it was possible to travel over great distances. In 2017, once more on board “La Ye’kwana”, our expedition Curiara, departed Barrancas del Orinoco following what archeologist I. Rousse and J.M. Cruxent believed to be the route that the Arawak Saladoid’s used 4000 years ago on their quest of colonizing the Caribbean
We paddled 115 hours in 18 days to cover 700 kms from Barrancas via the Orinoco river to the Atlantic Ocean, on to the west coast of Trinidad and NE Venezuela, the Island of Coche all the way to Margarita Island.
Follow the link below to watch our documentary on the history of the expeditions on “La Ye’kwana”
Present day Amerindians visiting “La Ye’kwana”,
Caño Macareo, Orinoco Delta
Second Experimental Archeology Expedition in the Country
After 3 years in the planning and building her The Piragua Margariteña “Fernando Cervigón” was finally ready to be brought home.
The Piragua was built in Cariaco in the mainland coast. In August, 2021, our tribe gathered together in our allieds riverside carpentry shop where it was built, for a crash course on rowing. Then —after a proper launching Ceremony— we paddled her 170 kilometers to her home port in Pampatar, Margarita. Her name: “Fernando Cervigón”, is in honor of this great man, who (among many other things) founded the Marine Museum of Margarita.