Surabaya, E.Java (ANTARA) - The wooden boat made by Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) students, taking part in the international maritime event the Atlantic Challenge since 2002 had always drawn the interest of foreigners. "In 2010, the Maritime Challenge (MC) ITS team used Merdeka II boat named Garuda Nusantara that eventually purchased by the Atlantic Challenge Foundation as a pilot boat in various workshops in the United States," The Maritime Challenge team coach Prof.Dr. Daniel M Rosyid said here, Tuesday. Therefore, the ITS MC team is making Merdeka III ship will take part in a similar event in Ireland in 2012 from July 24 to 31, and it is designed since March 2011, the marine experts noted. "The ship built with bamboo laminate technology had been offered to be bought by the teams from the Netherlands and Belgium, but we have not decided yet, because the students still focused on the construction of the boat and making preparations for the race team ," Prof.Daniel explained. He added, the Merdeka I boat, which participated in a similar event in 2002 was also awarded as the most beautiful wooden boat with a team that had the spirit of sportsmanship and went to the Museum of Canada. "The Merdeka II boat was purchased by the Atlantic Challenge Foundation at US$35 thousand that we eventually used to dispatch the MC ITS team at the maritime race in Ireland in 2012," he said. It is also common in the Merdeka III boat. "If it is sold we will use the money to send the team to a similar race in 2014, while the sponsors' support will be used to build the boat," Prof.Daniel said. About the bamboo laminate technology, he explained, the bamboo was used as an alternative, because the wood for the boat is increasingly difficult to find and very expensive. Moreover, bamboo fiber is also better, so that the ship will be stronger. "With glue from Japanese companies in Probolinggo (East Java), we have used laminated bamboo for the mast and the international maritime competition 2012 will be used by us to build the passengers' seat," he said. Meanwhile, head of Shipping Laboratory at ITS Surabaya, Putu Arta Wibawa confirmed that the ship made ??of fiberglass by the ??ITS students for practice also attracted many local buyers. "We have met orders for the patrol ship from the Marine and Fisheries Affairs Ministry as many as three units for operation in the forefront in Ternate and Papua," he said. In addition, ITS also received orders for boat tours from private circles to the Port Prigi in Tulungagung (East Java), a unit of passenger ship ordered by Madura district administration, and a Boozem Morokrembangan patrol ship ordered by the Surabaya city administration. "We have also built two Katamaran boats for tours ordered by Ponorogo district administration and another one for extinguishing forest fires ordered by the provincial administration of South Kalimantan," he said. Therefore, Putu Arta said, Rector of ITS Prof.Triyogi Yuwono DEA always said that won or loose in the boats competition is not an important goal. But students who do are looking for materials, making the ships and selecting the member teams for the race are more important for future techno-preneurship.


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