FAO contract : 35 Masdoris fishing boat – First batch ready!

TaraTari Shipyard applied for FAO tender of fishing boats and had the contract : 35 Masdoris for mid-October.

The delivery will be done in 3 batches of 12, 12 and 11 boats. The first 12 boats will be used in Shoronkola and the Minister of fisheries and Livestock will be there for the hand-over ceremony.

From the end of May, we produced the 12 first boats, going on with the development of the shipyard installations and of the training centre. This contract includes a training in fibre composite, which is a good opportunity to start our official training centre!

Here are a few pictures of the evolution of the production :

Thank You Bangladesh!!!

Two Years have gone now since I arrived in Bangladesh for our once little TaraTari Shipyard.

Strange feeling to look back and see all what was achieved before, and since I arrived here. This simple blog was dedicated to the follow-up of activities at TaraTari, the achievements but also the hard phases and great time.

TaraTari Shipyard, with minimum means of funds or manpower and often struggle to go ahead but despite all of that has managed so many great things over the last 10 years+

Was created out of nearly nothing:

Traditional Boats (newly built or refit) B613 (largest sailing traditional Mallar wooden boat of the country), Fleche d’Or (Panchi Boat), Patam, Big Shampan (largest and last remaining big brother of the Shampan’s familly), Small Shampan, Baich (racing traditional boat), Dinghies, and many hundreds of model boats for Bangladesh Traditional Fleet heritage preservation. Those boats are probably some of the most beautiful ship in the world and thanks to Yves and Runna, the fleet will live on. I am very lucky and grateful for having assisted in the making or refitting of those, working with the beautiful people that are the Traditional Carpenters of Bangladesh, part of the TaraTari’s Family from the beginning.

Medical Service Boats (newly built or refitted) the Emirate Friendship Hospital (EFH), Friendship Medical Houseboat, Friendship Ambulances Catamaran (2) have emerged fully on this Shipyard. Hundreds and thousands of hours of work in order to provide Bangladesh with Floating Medical Solutions for isolated areas and the poorest of those regions. Full initiative of Yves accompanied by Runna and Yves closest friends, calculations on small pocket calculators for EFH, this beautiful fleet has now been serving the people of Bangladesh for more than 10 years. Not for getting the essential piece of this history, the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital (LFH).

LFH is the origin of the medical fleet, sailed across the world to be given to and for Bangladeshi people, River Barge from France she will have been refitted 3 time since arrival in the bay of Bengal and served countless number of people here. I have been lucky enough to be involved with her last refit, dry-dock for 4 month, that involved hours through traffic to checking at nearly all new welding of the new structure on her hull. Then cruised to Savar at TaraTari for superstructure renovation. About 20 tons of steel plates taken out and replaced with about the same amount but optimised materials, allowing us to increase by 20% the medical facility area and addition of a new third deck giving her a great new look. She is now back to sailing the rivers of Bangladesh soon back in the north to fulfil her medical task. 1 and 1/2 year of project that kept us busy, amazing example of team work and efficiency in design optimisation with the experience of Yves. Thank you for including me into it, it has been a unique experience on a technical and human side.

Fibre Composite Floating Solutions for Bangladesh. lets summarise the creations of TaraTari in that domain:

Built at TaraTari Savar until 2012 (46 units):

• 2 Ambulances Catamaran 12m  for Friendship
• 1 Passenger Carrier Catamaran (Same type as Ambulance but different arrangements)
• 3 Passenger Carrier Boats ManDoris (Medical Staff Transportation for Friendship Crucell)
• 10 Fishing Boats MasDoris for FAO
• 6 Fishing Boats MasDoris for Friendship
• 15 Fishing Boats MasDoris for FAO
• 7 Children safe Carrier Boats ManDoris for UNICEF
• 2 Shampan (displacement type)
• 1 Prototype Shampan Speed Boat

Now Ongoing at Chittagong (35 units+):

• 35 Fishing Boats MasDoris for FAO
• Line of production for Shampan Speed Boat
• 4 Shampan Speedboat
• Line of production for Shampan  of 11m
• 2 Shampan 11m
• Line of production for Small Fishing Boat
• 2 to 10 Small Fishing Boat (20ft)
• … and more

There is not much more to add I feel it is talking for itself.

What was once a small empty field where Emirate Friendship Hospital would be created has now become one if not the largest Fibre Composite Shipyard in Bangladesh with a greatly skilled Marine Consultancy in concept and realisation of any type of boats.

Every challenge of every phase and every struggle overcame have contributed to bring TaraTari to what it is now.

Lets not forget the people of TaraTari, those people of Bangladesh. Nowhere I have seen such teamwork, commitment, dedication, respect, force and motivation during intensive phases of work. Here with the right number of people, everything is possible. It took us 60 people, 30 pairs of bamboo and jute ropes to lift aside the 60 tons of the B613 in about 15 minutes.

Bangladeshi power is its people. They achieved, accompanied by Yves so many wonderful things at TaraTari.

Having been part of it for two years was amazing and will simply be unforgettable.

There would be so many things to say, but I will stop there.

Thanks to WatEver France for sending me on the project TaraTari

Thanks to TaraTari Shipyard for welcoming me here

Thanks to the people of TaraTari, every one of them – Carpenters: Boddu, Bojon, Cartic, Bodiar, Nitail, Vanesa – Fibre: Boshir, Saidor, Joachim, Mhedi, Milon, Mazhar, Barek, Tchibo, Bashu, Manic, Russel, and the new helpers that I cannot remember their names yet – Fitter Mechanics: Shaddat, Humayun, Alumgir – The boatmen: Mujhid, Halim, Fozlu and rest of the crew – The Management: Mr Majumder, KC Roy, Mr Mukles, Shiaoli, Fozlu, and ex management that did not stay with us – and everybody else that I forgot just now.

Thanks to Alex who is taking over the accompaniment of TaraTari for the next phases

Of Course and once again thanks to Yves for welcoming me here and helping discover this entirely new world that is Bangladesh

Thank  you all and thank you Bangladesh.

I will come back soon, Inch’Halla

International Bangla Channel Marathon Swim 2012

TaraTari Shipyard and A.K Khan Group have been providing support for the International Bangla Channel Marathon Swim 2012.

The crew was made of Thibault Saint Olive, Skipper (Engineer TaraTari), Mr KC Roy, Coordination and Logistics (Ex Navy officer and Foreman of TaraTari) and Miss Alexandra Sourbier, Support Logistic (Engineer TaraTari)

Our Sampan speedboat was the escort for Mr Milko Van Gool, international swimmer from Netherlands.

Milko, supporting the CIPRB, Center for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh, and was attempting a double crossing of the Bangla channel from Teknaf (South West Bangladesh) to St Martin Island (southern Island of Bangladesh).

Along with him, 2 other Bangladeshi swimmers, Mr Musa Ibrahim (Everest Mountaineer) and Mr Lipton (Swimmer) the team is aiming at creating an international event to promote swimming throughout Bangladesh.

The crossing distance of 16 km from Teknaf fishing jetty to St Martin ferry jetty was achieved in 3 hours and 50 minutes by Milko, 5 hours and 30 min for Lipton and 8 hours and 10 minutes for Musa.

Milko departed from St Martin 5 minutes after arrival to attempt the double crossing, but after 1.5 hours in the water, facing a strong tidal current, opposite wind and rough sea state, he decided to stop as the conditions were becoming too difficult.

It is however planned to be achieved in the next time with a better synchronization between the swim and tide schedule.

Well done to all of them as they managed the single crossing, never letting it go for Musa who took a few more hours to finish.

We will be looking forward to the next event probably year 2013 or winter 2012.

TaraTari will of course aim to provide logistic support on the water for the safety and guidance of the swimmers.

Many thanks are to be given to the 28 people, doctors, feeders, timers, boat crew and skippers that spent the day under a strong sun at slow but constant swim speed.

Christmas time at TaraTari

TaraTari and Friendship at MARTEC 2010 Marine Technology conference

BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technologies) was hosting the MARTEC 2010 Rina conference on Marine Technologies. TaraTari and Friendship took the entrance stalls and explained to the officials, engineers, researchers how the pair of the two had been a winning team for the last 16 years.

• The TaraTari’s side with partner VPLP and now Watever NGO; Concept design & application of Floating Solutions and technical developments of fibre composites un-submersible boats.
• The Friendship’s side, with the management & long term run of such solutions plus fore-coming needs and developments for Bangladesh.

Our stalls have been the busiest along the two days of the conference, with many contacts made for the future applications for the better of Bangladesh.

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Bamboo House

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In order to supervise all the work on the yard for the coming 4 month, we decided to build a little house allowing us to stay over and save the 3 to 4 hours in traffic each day. Yves and myself will be able to achieve even more by being on the spot 24/7 if required.

The on-going activities of the yard till the end of the year 2010 will be:

• Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital superstructure
• Masdoris fishing boat production
• Mandoris passenger boat production
• Shampan mould and boat production

And more…

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TaraTari & Corentin Voiles et Voiliers video

Tara Tari : débrouille, récup et toile de jute !

http://www.voilesetvoiliers.com/grande-croisiere/video/3459/taratri-video-voile-toile-jute

Taratari : un voilier de 9 mètres dessiné par VPLP dans le style des bateaux de pêche traditionnels du Bengladesh, construit en toile de jute, résine polyester et matériel de récup par Corentin de Chatelperron. Pour prouver la fiabilité de ce matériau inédit, « Coco » a parcouru 9000 milles, de Dacca à La Ciotat ! Il nous raconte en vidéo ses galères et ses joies. Un récit inoubliable dont voici le 1er épisode…

<Taratari: a 9 meter sailing boat designed by VPLP in the style of traditional Bangladeshi fishing-boats, built in Jute fibre, polyester resin and recycled materials by Correntin de Chatelperron. In aim to prove the viability of this special material, “Coco” has sailed over 9000 nautical miles, from Dhaka to La Ciotat! He is telling us the story in video through his pains and joys. A wonderful journey from which, here is the first episode…>

How not to fall in love?

Out of my “office” window, ahead the B613, hidden behind the newly grown plants, I see a long thin hull, a kinda square shaped sail, but a hull that I haven’t seen yet here. Whilst gliding along behind the B613, only leaves me time to grab the camera. I wait for her to reveal those blurry lines.

And there it goes, this slender pointy bow, much flatter above the water than our seagoing fishing boat.

It also is a fishing boat, but the river one, same crew, same size, but this unique glide over the river with the slight breeze pushing into this square bit of cloth, those ‘lines’, the feel of the whole . Just amazing to watch.

Running out for more shots, the attitude of those fishermen on their such simple embarkation is just hypnotising…

Maybe not the feeling of everyone, but mine 200%.

Conventional shipbuilding on small dockyards

After the first picture in a previous post showing “what shipbuilding commonly is” here are a couple of others. Once again, these boats are usually made of 3rd to 4th use steel plates patched together in a boat-like shape…

One of the following picture is showing the starting point of such assembly. Starting from the bottom beams. Steel plates will be added along time, shaped by hand (and big hammers), scrapped with steel brush… etc

After a few layers of paint, the building process will be hardly noticeable, therefore the ship safety and structural integrity not an issue… Occidental standards are really far from this side of the world.

TaraTari & Corentin, Bangladesh-France en 186 jours

Du Bangladesh jusqu’à la France, après avoir parcouru près de 14.000 km en 186 jours, descendu le Brahmapoutre et le Gange, traversé le golfe du Bengale, l’Océan Indien, le golfe d’Aden, la mer Rouge et la mer Méditerranée, bravé les tempêtes, les pirates, les avaries et la solitude, Corentin de Chatelperron, jeune ingénieur de 27 ans, arrivera à La Ciotat le 17 août sur son petit voilier de pêche, premier bateau réalisé en composite intégrant de la fibre de jute.

L’objectif de cette aventure humaine et scientifique est d’attirer l’attention sur le Bangladesh et ses difficultés mais aussi de trouver les financements pour la création d’un centre de recherche appliqué sur l’usage du jute dans la construction navale et autres problématiques liées à l’eau au Bangladesh (hydrologie, solutions flottantes…).

Le projet est parrainé par Gérard d’Aboville.

Le bateau et son skipper seront présentés au Grand Pavois de la Rochelle du 15 au 20 septembre 2010.

Ci-dessous les dossiers de présentation du projet TaraTari Sailing et futur Recherches et Développements

TaraTari Aventure – Tara Tari Aventure et Développements

Vous trouverez ici l’intégralité de l’aventure sur le blog de Corentin : http://tara-tari.blogspot.com

TaraTari

Just a few pictures of TaraTari now, the red soil dredged from the river is now covered in green. The ambulance feels like hiding quietly next to the B613. The proto/trial fishing boats are waiting quietly for new ideas to be tested…

Views from Badja Shipyard

Here is the surrounding of Badja Shipyard where the LFH is in drydock.

Just a few pictures I wanted to share about the atmosphere, shipyards, traffic on the river, etc…

What shipbuilding commonly is…

This what we see when entering Baja Shipyard, where we do the LFH extension.

These kind of boats are quite common in Bangladesh. Steel plates are usually recycled from the city wastes.

Most of the time already in their 3rd or 4th use, the steel plates will have an extended life in ship building.

From this particular example, we are happy to achieve a ‘decent’ standard in the extension of the LFH. Even if constant attention and quality control is required…

What could this be?

If you cannot guess, this is our special pipe ready for stratification.

Special because the Last Mandoris has been requested being equipped with toilets…

This pipe is therefore the collector/outlet of our new fibre glass wc.

TaraTari, quality fibre boats and more…;0)

Tara Tari and up the river

The every day life on the river, sand carriers boats, wood work, fishing…

Bangladesh sky is at the moment coloured by all the world cup fans flags.