March saw Calypso on the RCYC slipway for antifouling and general inspection of all underwater skin fittings, prop and shaft and replacement of sacrificial anodes by me.

A few gellcoat repairs and buffing by a contractor.

She had been bought without a survey having been done and thankfully there were no surprises!
Cecile is seen above managing a last minute touchup.

Good friend Braam du Toit with family having a lunchtime snack in Calypso's spacious cockpit.

One of the first visitors to Calypso in the V & A Waterfront Marina in January 2010 was Elizme' with son Adriaan out from Paarl. Thats me sitting in front of the closed companionway hatch - I had left the keys at home! There is a secondary hatch further forward which I was able to open.

Calypso under first ownership of Richards did the 1976 Cape to Rio South Atlantic Yacht Race.

The original Cheoy Lee Makers Plate listing Calypso as built as Yard No. 2097 in 1975 in Hong Kong.