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1988 much updated Birchwood TS37, twin Volvo TAMD 41A 200hp diesels with shaft drive, Vetus bowthruster (2022), 4 new batteries 2023, dual steering with flybridge, cockpit canopy (2022), wrap around window covers (2022), Lofrans electric anchor windlass, heating (2021), hot water, 2 heads, 8 berths, fantastic opportunity to buy a "ready to go" cruiser or live aboard home.
MECHANICAL
2 x Volvo Penta TAMD41A 200hp inboard diesel engines with shaft drives to 3 blade fixed propellers. Cruising speed is around 10 to 15knots with a maximum of around 22 knots. Current engine hours around 1267. Trim tabs (repaired 2022). Fuel - 2 x 350 litres approx.
BOWTHRUSTER & STERNTHRUSTER
Vetus 4hp bowthruster (2022) and Vetus 12v 1.5kW sternthruster.
ELECTRICAL
4 x 12v 110 Ah batteries (new 2023) and x 1 165Ah 12v battery. 240v shore power. Portable inverter. Some LED lights. Victron 30A Bluetooth battery charger.
NAVIGATION
Compass, echo sounder, log, Kelvin Hughes VHF radio, FM/AM radio, radar, radar reflector, clock and barometer, all controls relayed to flybridge, horn working, handheld VHF radios with DSC, navigation lights, steaming light and anchor light.
SAFETY
Liferaft, danbuoy, lifebuoy, assorted life-jackets, LED flares, auto fire extinguishers to engine bay, manual fire extinguishers in each cabin, gas and smoke detectors in each cabin, EPIRB beacon, rope cutters on propellers, manual and electric bilge pumps.
DECK GEAR
Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwires, fixed windscreen to flybridge, cockpit canopy (Nov 2022), wrap around window covers (2022), cockpit cushions, boarding ladder and bathing platform, 3D tender (2022), Torqueedo electric outboard, Lofrans 1000W electric anchor windlass, anchor with 30m chain, kedge anchor, assorted mooring warps and fenders.
DOMESTIC
HEATING - 5kw 12v diesel hot air heater with 10 litre tank & LCD display (2021)
Sound system with speakers. Her galley has a gas cooker with 2 burners, oven and grill, refrigerator with icebox, pressurised hot and cold water supply to sink from 200 litre fixed water tank. 120 litre approx holding tank. 2 separate heads compartments, one with electric heads and both with showers. Upholstery, curtains and carpets.
ACCOMMODATION - 8 berths (see layout drawing)
OWNERS COMMENTS
RECENT WORK & UPGRADES
Aug 2023: New battery bank x4 - XV110 Hankook Dual Purpose Leisure Battery 12V 110AH
and New deck-flush anchor buttons for windlass
July-Nov 2022:
New bow thruster (75 kgf 12V tunnel 185mm) plus 165Ah Vetus battery, and new wiring/isolator
New 4x stainless steel struts supporting bathing platform (had been deemed structurally unsafe)
New coppercoat
New battery charger - Victron 30A Bluetooth charger
New engine inlet sea cocks and new Vetus strainers // New forward sea cocks x2 for Jabsco head
New aft 12v Italian porcelain TECMA electric loo
New wiring of battery bank, charging unit, forward to bow thruster, aft to trim tabs, and up to fly bridge
Trim tab repair to bring them back to being functional
Hull/keel repair from old damage discovered upon shot-blasting prior to coppercoat
New canopy for aft deck and flybridge, plus wrap-around window covers (Mastercovers)
New upholstery - aft cabin, centre cabin, nook by galley (Wooodsedge Upholstery)
New made-to-measure mattress for aft cabin ((Made2MeasureMattress.co.uk)
OWNERS REMARKS
What a boat!
Calypso was born in 1988 and has had three owners. She’s powered by twin 200HP Volvo Penta TAMD41As and, with her trawler shaped hull design, is great fun on the water.
She has a dual driving system – either from inside the saloon or upstairs from the flybridge; a fully-equipped galley, large fridge, and great hot water system; plus Calypso has a significant outdoor area with flybridge and aft deck, with a new canopy, providing perfect spaces for socialising, sunbathing, or simply taking in the views.
Calypso has a spacious aft cabin with ensuite. Light and airy saloon, with pull out bed for two. A nook opposite the galley, the table of which lowers and then can also sleep two. Plus two single berths in the big forepeak. She has two bathrooms: a forward heads with Jabsco loo, plus tap/shower with electric drainage, and aft ensuite-heads has a new electric loo, plus tap/shower and electric drainage.
She’s a classic – think Miami Vice – and is great fun to spend time on her as well as handling out and about. From her retro/original chart instruments display – original radar plotter, phone-radio – to her classic aesthetic lines, Calypso has great character and with her superior build quality by Birchwood, she’s a warm, dry and welcoming boat, and she always feels like she’s taking care of you.
She spent the first 30 years known as “La Principessa” and lived on the South Coast, near/around Port Solent. Her first owner was latterly rather ill and so the vessel was out of the water for a number years between 2010 and 2018. She was sold in 2018 and renamed “Calypso”, staying on the South Coast at Hayling Island. Consequently, her engine hours are very low for her age. Since we bought her, she’s stayed at Southsea Marina. We had her out of the water for about four months in 2022, for serious structural upgrades.
Whether we’ve used her for weekend getaways, coastal adventures, or entertaining guests, Calypso has been our little slice of nautical excellence. We will miss her and hope to find great new owners.