This research project was carried out as an extra-curricular group project at Bristol University. Peter, Edward, Sophie and Stephen were supported by James, a PhD student. The brief of the project (summarised below) was proposed by a Cambridge based charity - New Foundations.

A medical centre on the Niger Delta uses fibre-glass hulled boats to move supplies up and down the river. These boats have been stolen in the past, and a system was required to remove the boat from the water and lock it down near the medical centre itself. The materials provided were rudimentary, bamboo, rope, some wood, concrete and reinforcing bar, and the only power available was that provided by the local population.

View the designs for the proposed boat hoist solution.

Picture of Niger Delta taken from New Foundations