Flight instructor, micro light pilot, designer and trial pilot of “Propulsar”[3] (motorized paraglider from his invention, with which he flew across the English Channel as a “premiere” from France to England in 1988).
He sails across the Atlantic Ocean on its river barge, also as a “premiere”, from Paris to Miami in 1990.
In 1992, assists Gerard Feldzer in his tests of the pedal helium balloon with which Nicolas Hulot and Gerard Feldzer,[4][5] then Director of the Museum of Air and Space of France, attempted a flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The "B613"
1993: Initiates the project: "A Hospital Barge for Bangladesh" and creates the first Friendship (NGO), in France. The French government allots Friendship a river barge of 38.5 m through the Companies Fluviale de Transport.
1994: Sails this river barge[6] from France to Bangladesh, also as a “premiere”.
1997: Founds with his wife,[7]Runa Khan Marre, Contic Cruises, a river tourism company. Launches the largest traditional sailing ship in Bangladesh: the “B613”.
Yves Marre, head of Mission for the archeological Department under the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh
1998: Founds with his wife, Runa Khan Marre, Friendship Bangladesh.[1]
2008: Curator of "Les Voiles anciennes du Bangladesh – Ancient Sails of Bangladesh"[9] an exhibition from Friendship Bangladesh, at the National Maritime Museum of Paris and Brest, and then in 2010 at Port Museum of Douarnenez.[10]
2013: Head of Mission for the archeological Department under the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh for the excavation of an ancient shipwreck[13] on the beach of Kuakata (southern Bangladesh).
2014: Co-founder of the Maritime Security & Rescue Society, the maritime rescue association of Bangladesh, along with Admiral Taher, Admiral KS Hussain and other Directors.
Books
« Sur le Coffre de l’homme mort », co-author, Elocoquent edition[14]
« La Paix niche sur l‘Atlantique », Revue Fluvial[15]
