Corentin de Chatelperron

Corentin de Chatelperron, born in Vannes in 1983, is a French engineer, adventurist and manager of the "Gold of Bengal" project.

Career

After general engineering studies of ICAM he worked 3 years in the ecotourism and aeolian sector.

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. 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, an eight-person team has been developing this innovation for Bangladesh (research, prototyping, technology transfer). 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.

Documentaries

• «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

Publications

«The Tara Tari Adventure», Les Editions Découvrance, 2011

Awards
  • Prix Avenir de l'Institut Français de la Mer
  • Prix Bernard Moitessier 2011[6]
  • Mention speciale du Prix de la Toison d'Or du livre d'aventure vécue 2011[7]
  • Prix Aventure du Crédit Agricole de Cosne-sur-Loire 2012
  • Prix Pierre Loti 2012[8]
  • Prix René-Caillié 2012[9]

Conferences

«Jute do it!», Tedx Paris, December 2012

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.liberation.fr/vous/2011/11/22/a-fond-le-rafiot_776333
  4. http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/au-bangladesh-le-reve-de-jeunes-ingenieurs-francais-27-12-2012-1606399_24.php
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.agencebretagnepresse.com/fetch.php?id=22348
  7. http://www.actunautique.com/article-l-aventure-de-tara-tari-recompensee-par-un-prix-special-89395401.html
  8. http://www.sudouest.fr/2012/04/07/corentin-de-chatelperron-a-seduit-le-jury-681146-4171.php
  9. http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Communes/Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon/n/Contenus/Articles/2012/12/19/Remise-du-prix-Rene-Caillie-au-laureat
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