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. "La transmission des savoirs dans la construction navale. Tara Tari, un chantier naval moderne pour le Bangladesh - TENDANCE BLEUE". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. "Bretagne Info Nautisme : Corentin de Chatelperron, Tara Tari". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. "A fond le rafiot".
  4. "Au Bangladesh, le rêve de jeunes ingénieurs français". 27 December 2012.
  5. "Gold of Bengal : Un voilier 100% pur jute pour le Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  6. "NameBright - Coming Soon".
  7. "L'Aventure de Tara Tari récompensée par un prix spécial".
  8. A, É. (4 July 2012). "Corentin de Chatelperron a séduit le jury".
  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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