Calypso’s 5+ year restoration continues, and may be picking up pace. I got distracted from the rebuild by selling a business, retiring, moving to Port Ludlow (near Port Townsend WA) and of course, the Covid-19 pandemic. A recap:
Calypso, a C&C design “Limited Edition” built by Bruckmann’s in late 1970, launched as Arieto in January 1971, hull #1 of +-15 hulls sold. After a successful racing career out of Boston it was sold to the Great Lakes as first Phantom then Esta Es and raced in many Chi-Mac races. We purchased her in late 1998 and trucked her out west to Seattle. >From 1999 to 2015 we raced and cruised Calypso around the PNW including a 2015 >summer trip around Vancouver Island. At the end of that summer it was clear >the 44 years of hard miles and exposure had taken its toll. There was rotted >balsa core in +-20 sq ft of deck, multiple bulkheads with rotted plywood near >the hull, 300 old fastener holes that needed epoxy filling, tired deck, >topsides, and interior paint, and many more old boat issues. Today, most of the major repairs are complete, some needed structural upgrades added (used the original C&C drawings to guide us), and she is almost ready for the paint shed planned for this spring or early summer. We will move Calypso from its Shilshole Bay Marina slip to the Port Ludlow marina as soon as a slip is available. I can see the marina from my house and drive there in 5 minutes, 6 if there’s traffic so the pace of project completion will pick up considerably. Aprox. 5 years ago I switched to following the cnc-list via the digest. The recent list software upgrade pushed me back to the “full meal deal” of receiving all the emails. As I now have a good working knowledge of them, I will chime in if I see any questions from owners of Bruckmann built C&Cs from the early 70’s. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle/Port Ludlow Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
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