Nested carousel issue: wrappedRef.scrollToOffset

Newbie here:

I am using the Carousel inside a flat list to render some cards. I would like to tap on one of the cards to go to the next one. I assigned a reference to the carousel and using the following code on the card that is being rendered:

<TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => carousel.snapToNext(activeSlide)}>

This works just fine.

Then I extended my project and made it a two page app that is based on react-navigation-stack. Now, the carousel works fine with swiping but the tapping on a card to go to the next one using the above function doesn't work anymore. I get the following TypeError:

"wrappedRef.scrollToOffset is not a function"
"wrappedRef.scrollToOffset(options)"
"wrappedRef.scrollToOffset is undefined"

Some suggestions or solutions would be highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

My Carousel setting

        <Carousel
          ref={c => { carousel = c; }}
          layout={"default"}
          data={Data}
          sliderWidth={windowWidth}
          itemWidth={carouselWidth}
          renderItem={itemToRender}
          onSnapToItem={
            index => setActiveSlide(index)
          }
        />

Rendering the cards in TopNews

 <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => carousel.snapToNext(activeSlide)}>
    <View style={styles.card}>
      <ImageBackground source={{ uri: item.pic }}>
        <View style={styles.titlePanel}>
          <LinearGradient colors={['transparent', 'rgba(0,0,0,0.9)']} style={styles.linerStyle} />
          <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={() => navigation.navigate('NewsDetails', item)}>
            <Text style={styles.newstitle}>{item.title}</Text>
          </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
        </View>
      </ImageBackground>
    </View>
  </TouchableWithoutFeedback>

Start by reproducing the tap handler calling carousel.snapToNext(activeSlide) after navigation is introduced, then trace the Carousel ref through the wrappedRef.scrollToOffset error. Done means tapping a rendered card advances the carousel without the TypeError; the payload names no source files or tests to run.