What is the latest news about the Calypso (Cousteau's boat)?

[АлександрД]

any news?

just found the link, little bit rotten, but with nice photos of Calipso...
Калипсо - в память о Жак-Ив Кусто - ЯПлакалъ

man from one ship, who docked at Concarneau, recognised Calipso nearby

 

[АлександрД]

and some other pics from this site

small brother of Calipso

 

[JMBL]

any news?

just found the link, little bit rotten, but with nice photos of Calipso...
Калипсо - в память о Жак-Ив Кусто - ЯПлакалъ

man from one ship, who docked at Concarneau, recognised Calipso nearby
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Are you saying that those pictures are fairly recent and that Calypso is somewhere in Concarneau ?

 

[АлександрД]

Are you saying that those pictures are fairly recent and that Calypso is somewhere in Concarneau ?

No, see above - "the link, little bit rotten" - it from 2014

 

[abnfrog]

breaks my heart to see whats happening with it

 

[drbill]

Never got to sail on Calypso but I did on Alcyone. Pretty cool. The vessel in the upper right is the 158 ft Golden Dawn which we were originally going to sail to the other Channel Islands. The other images are from early Cousteau Project Ocean Search programs and filming we did for a 2-hour special on the Channel Islands.

 

[Erich S]

I don’t think Calypso will ever be whole again due to of lack of funds.

 

[Popgun Pete]

Certainly needs a billionaire benefactor with a "fix it, cost no object" approach.

 

[michael-fisch]

Certainly needs a billionaire benefactor with a "fix it, cost no object" approach.

Thats exactly what they had. The Calypso was leased from Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, OBE since the beginning for 1 franc a year. Hope Francine has kept up payments.

Michael

 

[Popgun Pete]

Legal squabbles and infighting took the gloss off restoration attempts and the longer things drag on the ship remains in an unfinished state and may end up as disjointed display pieces.