Team

The team - they are united by a longing for the vast and endless sea

Saint-Exupéry once wrote: “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea”.

This applies to the ones who sail a ship through the winds and waves of every ocean, as well as to the team who organizes everything from land: the shipyard, appointments, spare parts, route planning, fellow sailors, arrivals, departures, provisions, weather and so much more.

Expedition style sailing and vessel maintenance in remote areas is not easy work but is a craft fueled with passion and usually a great longing for freedom and nature.

Jeannete and Wolf have succeeded to put together a team that not only shares “the longing for the vast, endless sea”, but also for the surrounding, diverse nature. They convey their amazing life experiences vividly and empathetically.

WOLF KLOSS

Skipper

Born in 1957, sailor, mountaineer, climber, and all-round adventurer.

Getting to know distant countries and cultures is his motivation, a ship is an ideal medium. You have everything you need in just one place.

In 1985 he bought the 14-meter steel ship SANTA MARIA, and with it he sailed the Mediterranean Sea then across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, always following the sun.

At the end of the 80s, Wolf started to get a bit restless. But he knew that, far in the south, new challenges were awaiting. Cape Horn and the Antarctic, a large and empty adventure playground made from ice and rocks. It was an immeasurable invitation to discover, explore, and conquer. Here he finds his world.

In 1991 the Venezuelan-born Jeannete came on board.

Together in 1995, they began pioneering, discovering the adventurous waters and mountains of Tierra del Fuego around Cape Horn and the Antarctic.

In 2011 Wolf managed to circumnavigate the American continent completely. Within a year he rounded Cape Horn and sailed the infamous Northwest Passage, something that nobody succeeded in doing before.

Today, Wolf Kloss is still sailing the world’s oceans as a skipper on both the SANTA MARIA AUSTRALIS and the SANTA MARIA.

Jeannete Talavera

All-round Crew

Already at a young age, Jeannete found her motivation and life-affirmation in traveling.

In 1991 Jeannete and sailor Wolf Kloss met in the Caribbean. As a companion, organizer, deckhand, and cook, she stayed on the 14-meter yacht SANTA MARIA, and that is how her sailing story begins.

In 1995 they moved south to the “End of the World”, where they found their home.

Jeannete was the first Venezuelan in the world to sail to Antarctica.

After all these impressive experiences, she breaks free from the seductions of civilization, just as Wolf years before.

In that same year, they founded the company SIM Expeditions and the Coirón Hostel in Puerto Williams – Chile, which still receives nature-lover guests today.

Jeannete takes care of the organization and daily affairs related to our sailing trips, the company SIM Expeditions, and the Coirón Hostel. She has been looking after our customers for 25 years, helping them in any way they need. She speaks Spanish, German, and English.

Unless she is in the office, taking part in a trip to Antarctica, or busy being a mom, you will find her traveling, cycling, hiking, doing yoga and more, enjoying life at its best.

Jeannete and Wolf have two kids together, daughter Karin and son Daniel. Both spent their childhood and adolescence in Tierra del Fuego and sailing on board. They currently live and work in Vienna with their partners.