BAMBOOS DESIGN - The Bamboo Boat project aims to develop an alternative bio-composite from bamboo, which can be used in sailboat construction.
After 3 months of work, from cutting bamboos to coating the boat, we tried the prototype on a lake in Oriental Java. The objective is to investigate the possibility of using bamboo in boat construction. Though it is floating, many improvements and tests remain for 2014.
The High Touch crew. With more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing bamboo products, High Touch generously helped us to build the boat in Kediri Indonesia
After 3 months of work, from cutting bamboos to coating the boat, we tried the prototype on a lake in Oriental Java. The objective is to investigate the possibility of using bamboo in boat construction. Though it is floating, many improvements and tests remain for 2014.
The High Touch crew. With more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing bamboo products, High Touch generously helped us to build the boat in Kediri Indonesia
Only bamboo and glue (epoxy) are used to make the hull an the outriggers, The jukung design is typical from Bali and is the origin of multihulls in South East Asia and Oceania.
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This is the profile of a bamboo boat makers
Gabriel Lerebours | Project Management
Gabriel has a MSc in Environmental Sciences from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, and attended an MBA in order to learn the basis of entrepreneurship.
Rémi Gerriet | Engineering
Master in mechanical engineer from Ecole Supérieure des Arts et Métiers in France, Rémi has two years’ experience working for Schlumberger and one year for Air Liquid.
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Camille Henri | Impact Assessments
Engineer in Agronomy from ENSAT, in France, Camille pursued her studies with a MSc in Local Economic Development at the London School of Economics.
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