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#12747
 The Calpyso could be yours
Eric_R - 3/14/2015 7:14 AM
Category: General
Replies: 5
Jacques Cousteau’s boat the Calpyso is in in a ship yard and its fate has yet to be determined.
theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/french-shipyard...ousteau-boat-calypso
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LatitudeAdjustment - 3/14/2015 3:32 PM
It’s a shame to see her rotting away and the widow doesn’t seemed interested in saving the Calpyso in any way.
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BillParker - 3/14/2015 6:29 PM
What a sad story for such a historic vessel. I hope some zillionaire comes forward and offers to pay to have it restored to seaworthy condition again.
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BillParker - 3/14/2015 6:31 PM
I wonder what other ships are comparable in terms of how many places they went and how much was discovered.
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LatitudeAdjustment - 3/15/2015 5:24 AM
From BillParker: What a sad story for such a historic vessel. I hope some zillionaire comes forward and offers to pay to have it restored to seaworthy condition again.

I could see her in a museum but the YMS’s were built for WWII and not to last. My father served on a YMS sweeping mines and chasing U-boats on the east coast and after dropping 3 depth charges would have to break off the attack or sink themselves.

They were wood boats so as to not attract magnetic mines, making her seaworthy again would cost a fortune.
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Capnd - 3/25/2015 7:58 PM
I could be off base here but it would seem to me that if the calypso is not restored then myself personally i believe she should be laid to rest at sea and become a artificial reef and not to be cut up as scrap as in the case for most shops . Again ,this just my opinion but for the calypso to become a part of the underwater world that its captain loved so much would provide a home for all the creatures Cousteau had studied and brought to all our televisions so long ago . A burial at sea would have my vote . That is of course if she is not restored .