Cuba to Key West, his final row...

Victor Mooney and The Spirit of Malabo will begin a historic final row from Cuba to Key West, Florida in early February 2018. The humanitarian project will begin with a coastal row from Matanzas to Cojimar to Havana, then the final 90 mile leg from Club Nauctico de Hemingway to Key West, Florida.


Building bridges between Cuba and the United States

He needs your support to cover project expenses. On board his rowboat, Victor is bringing a wheel chair and some musical instruments for a long time admirer of Ernest Hemingway he met recently in Cojimar, Cuba.

The humanitarian project that is being undertaken is a continuation of the Goree Challenge , which encompassed a transatlantic row from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to New York's Brooklyn Bridge.

En-route to the United States, Mr. Mooney robbed by pirates in Haitian waters. The boat was recovered and sent to Miami for repairs; thereafter, he continued to New York.

 A replica of Ernest Hemingway's boat The Pilar & The Spirit of Malabo

The mission was for the fight against HIV/AIDS and to memorialize African ancestors that died during the transatlantic slave trade and those that endured a life of servitude on the plantations in the Americas and Caribbean.

After arrival in Key West, the Spirit of Malabo will be sent to Equatorial Guinea for permanent exhibition.

"It's our prayerful hope that this final mission will also raise the tide of humanity between the US & Cuba" - Don Victor Mooney.