{"id":2003,"date":"2014-10-15T10:09:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T09:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watever.org\/?page_id=2003"},"modified":"2015-05-07T14:17:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:17:42","slug":"gold-of-bengal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/watever.org\/en\/achievements\/gold-of-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold of Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGold of Bengal\u201d, a research project on an bio composite based on jute.\"Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Corentin de Chatelperron arrived in Bangladesh in 2009 to participate to Tara Tari\u2019s development, Yves Marre\u2019s shipyard. At the time, Corentin de Chatelperron helped Yves Marre in the finalization of the first unsinkable fishing boat prototype in Bangladesh! Within the shipyard, Corentin de Chatelperron laminated his own boat in the prototype\u2019s mold using 40% of jute fiber. He improved it for the oceanic navigation with TaraTari team\u2019s help. Marc Van Peteghem validated the stability tests and supported the project by helping Corentin de Chatelperron gathering all required navigational equipment. Corentin de Chatelperron then sailed the road that Yves Marre took with his barge but in reverse, from Bangladesh to France, and baptizes\/calls his boat \u201cTara Tari\u201d, honoring the shipyard it was built in.<\/p>\n

When Corentin de Chatelperron went back to Bangladesh, he launched the research project on jute fiber, \u201cGold of Bengal\u201d, which Watever supported during 3 years.\u00a0 During this period Watever sent many students to study the development of this bio composite that can be potentially used for numerous applications such as an alternative to fiberglass. To test the fabric, the team Gold of Bengal produced many prototypes such as surfboards, furniture and most of all the prototype of a boat that is 100% built from resin impregnated jute fiber.<\/p>\n

The construction\u00a0of the second boat also took place in the shipyard TaraTari, which\u00a0provided its infrastructures and molds for the sake of the team Gold of Bengal. Corentin de Chatelperron then sailed for 6 months in the Indonesian islands with this second prototype.<\/p>\n

In 2014 the project \u201cGold of Bengal\u201d took off and created its own association in order to develop its projects around jute. Ary Pauget, the project\u2019s textile engineer who developed its system and built the machines that create the fabric, started its own company \u201cSpirit of Bengal\u201d, with which he is\u00a0 preparing to build different types of objects based on jute composite.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Gold of Bengal : http:\/\/www.goldofbengal.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cGold of Bengal\u201d, a research project on an bio composite based on jute. Corentin de Chatelperron arrived in Bangladesh in 2009 to participate to Tara Tari\u2019s development, Yves Marre\u2019s shipyard. At the time, Corentin de Chatelperron helped Yves Marre in the finalization of the first unsinkable fishing boat prototype in Bangladesh! Within the shipyard, Corentin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":2000,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n