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Corentin de Chatelperron, born in Vannes in 1983, is a French engineer, adventurist and manager of the "Gold of Bengal" project.
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Corentin de Chatelperron, born in Vannes in 1983, is a French engineer, adventurist and manager of the "Gold of Bengal" project.
After general engineering studies of ICAM he worked 3 years in the ecotourism and aeolian sector.[ citation needed ]
Early in 2009 he went to Bangladesh to work in a modern shipyard producing fiberglass composite boats, the Taratari shipyard. [1] Rapidly he thought of replacing the fibreglass (which is a polluting, expensive and imported material) with jute fiber, a natural local resource.
So as to show the potential of the jute composite and to find partners, he built the sailboat Tara Tari [2] (40% jute fiber, 60% fiberglass) and decided to come back to France on board. This six-month journey at sea, later called the "Tara Tari adventure" [3] was a big success.[ clarification needed ] With several partners, Corentin de Chatelperron launched "Gold of Bengal", [4] a research project on the uses of jute fibre as a composite reinforcement. For 3 years,[ when? ] an eight-person team has been developing this innovation for Bangladesh (research, prototyping, technology transfer).[ citation needed ] This research project gave birth, in March 2013, to a second boat, "Gold of Bengal" [5] made entirely in Bangladesh with 100% jute composite.
Corentin de Chatelperron is a member of the Society of French Explorer and a scientific consultant for the French Sustainable School of Design.[ citation needed ]
• «Gold of Bengal, un voilier 100% jute», Voiles et Voiliers 2013
• «Corentin de Chatelperron un pionnier Shamengo», Kaïa Production, Shamengo
• «Je traverse les océans sur un bateau en fibre de jute», Kaïa Production, Shamengo
«The Tara Tari Adventure», Les Editions Découvrance, 2011
«Jute do it!», Tedx Paris, December 2012
Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus Corchorus, which is in the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is Corchorus olitorius, but such fiber is considered inferior to that derived from Corchorus capsularis. "Jute" is the name of the plant or fiber used to make burlap, hessian, or gunny cloth.
Kenaf [etymology: Persian], Hibiscus cannabinus, is a plant in the family Malvaceae also called Deccan hemp and Java jute. Hibiscus cannabinus is in the genus Hibiscus and is native to southern Asia, though its exact origin is unknown. The name also applies to the fibre obtained from this plant. Kenaf is one of the allied fibres of jute and shows similar characteristics.
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