Álvaro de Marichalar Sáenz de Tejada arrived in Belize as
part of his world tour to circumnavigate the globe aboard the smallest craft in
history. His tour commemorates the 500th anniversary of the World’s first
circumnavigation and historic voyage by Ferdinand Magellan from 1519 – 1522.
Having campaigned against plastic pollution for the past 40 years, Álvaro’s
expedition is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of marine
conservation. With support from the BTB, Alvaro arrived on Friday, December 2,
in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. (www.FirstWorldTour.com)
World Explorer Alvaro Tejada arrives in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize
Having departed from the harbor in Chetumal, Mexico, Alvaro
found his way to Belize as he arrived in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Mr. Álvaro
de Marichalar Sáenz de Tejada, holder of 14 world records, is recreating this
voyage around the world to raise awareness for marine conservation, fighting
plastic pollution and illegal fishing.
He states, "Urgent action is needed to protect the
ocean. Our future is directly linked to the ocean and we cannot continue to
treat it as a rubbish dump whilst fishing species to extinction.”
To celebrate and promote the First Tour of the World, Álvaro
de Marichalar set sail three years ago from Seville on the historical date,
August 10, 2019-1519. After sailing around Spain, Portugal and France without
any support vessel, he then crossed the Atlantic ocean from southern Spain
(Gibraltar) to Guadeloupe Island with the support of the French exploration
ship YERSIN.
From Guadeloupe he continued navigating alone without a
support ship, calling at the Caribbean islands all the way to Miami where he
arrived on March 16, 2020. The pandemic stopped his expedition until February
19, 2022, when he was able to restart his Challenge, sailing along the Gulf of
Mexico all the way to Bacalar.
Follow Alvaro's Journey: Click Here https://my.yb.tl/NUMANCIA
God willing, Alvaro will continue to Panama to cross to the
Pacific ocean coast and travel up all the way to Alaska where he will then
cross over to Russia to continue along Asia and finally into the Mediterranean
before arriving in Seville.
He has two years of navigation ahead of him. Alvaro sails
alone and always on his feet aboard his boat measuring just three meters long
named NUMANCIA. Álvaro's small boat has a maximum range of 200 nautical miles
thanks to its supplementary fuel tank, which allows Álvaro to sail without a
support boat. Álvaro makes stops at islands and coastal ports to refuel, get
food, rest and repair his boat; when he is unable to reach land, Álvaro sleeps
at sea. As he has very little space, he can only carry water, nuts and honey on
board his small vessel. He also gives motivational lectures at fishermen's
guilds, town halls, universities, schools, sailing clubs, prisons, hospitals
and Navy stations.
About Alvaro:
* He is an entrepreneur in the real estate and telecommunications sector since
he was 21 years old who founded TeleSat in 1983, the first Spanish company of
satellite dishes.
* His passion is sailing. He has made forty maritime
expeditions achieving 14 world records of navigation.
* Among other achievements, he sailed from Rome to New York in 2002. From
Barcelona to Odessa, Ukraine in 2004 or from Hong Kong to Tokyo in 2006.
* For the last 40 years he has campaigned against plastic
pollution in the sea and illegal fishing.
* Lecturer, writer and political activist who founded the
first pan-European political movement called OmniaEuropa.
* Álvaro is producing a documentary series about his current
Solo sailing around the World in the SMALLEST CRAFT in History.
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