Abstract :
The availability of wood on the island of Bengkalis is starting to decrease due to the
widespread use of wood the continously. Therefore, the price of wood becomes
expensive, so alternative supporting materials are needed to minimize the use of
wood in the construction of fishing boats. Ampel bamboo material is relatively
cheap and is not considered as an important material, because people's
understanding of the use of the material is limited. Whereas ampel bamboo has
composite characteristics that are harder than wood, so it can be used as
an alternative material for supporting fishing boats. Ampel bamboo which is
processed using the principle of laminated gluing connection using crossbond
glue in the Bending Test to see the strength of the connection in the Bending
Test of the laminated ampel bamboo connection with horizontal variant with
longitudinal arrangement of experience and vertical variant with transverse
gluing arrangement.