Seen here in 2004 off the Isle of Dogs on the EOG London Cruise.

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Owned by Norman Garnett.  See the log of her journey north in the Newsletter.

Seen here off Portland Harbour, on our way West.

Owned by Brian Platts and Elizabeth Letzer.

Andrew Fox is the new owner of this boat, kept in Burnham on Crouch.

Andrew the new owner with the main set for the first time, enjoys the feel of his new 'Mistress'

Andrew and Jo at the West Mersea Meet 2004, just take a look at those clouds to tell you what the weather was like!

Aug 2013. Welcome to you Simon! Just got your form.

Definitely an Eventide, ex, Peter Chaperlin's. Not a Riptide as suggested 'elsewhere'.

A little birdy tells us she is still for sale??? 3 years on we believe sold.

The very high cabin sides and the low, raised topsides make her so different.

The daughter of the builder is in touch with us and would like to know where the boat is now?  Any ideas? Dec 2004, update.  Thanks to Elizabeth and Brian, we have been able to put Diane in touch with the current owner, Malcolm, we hope they will send in a pic of the happy reunion and a story or two of this boat's fantastic voyages!

February 2015, Malcolm has contacted us to join and send more pictures!

Blue Dawne is a 24ft Eventides built in 1963 in York by a professional coach builder. He took out a marine mortgage of £3000 to build the boat. :

Aquaply marine ply on a Mahogany frame , with Oak dead wood and a lead keel. Sitka spruce mast with S/s fittings.

Registered No. 186606 Sail No. E589

Engine Yanmar 1gm 10.

I have tried to keep her as original as possible, rather like a vintage car , For example, Jib has piston hanks and not roller furling. The mast is original and is in excellent condition. In winter, she is lifted out and covered with a lorry tarpaulin, which I'm sure has helped to preserve her. The ply is in amazing condition considering her age.

In this picture she is approaching Piel Island

Very original not even a bowsprit!

John's Previous boat, now moored on the Orwell in Suffolk. Click here for more pics from the time John owned her.

2012, she will be up for sale shortly...

This boat is GRP, though you would not know it at first., thought it was made with panels of GRP instead of Ply!  Now we learn it was one of two made conventionally from a Mould at Leigh on Sea, Essex. Now belongs to our database manager/Historian, John Stevens

Being lovingly restored to her former glory by Helen and Chris Jamieson.

Just sold, again,  March 2007

was owned by Phil Mayson, now sold to George Widdowson.

See Featured Boat

Chris Walker's widely sailed boat, crewed by enthusiastic family! Recently sold, Oct 06

Was a regular visitor to the Bradwell area.  The owner, John Moore says he will hopefully be back with us this year! We will be at West Mersea John!  Now sold she is in France!

A steel boat from Sweden.

Owned by Ed McKenna and undergoing restoration

Saw her in Scilly some years back!

Owned by Malcolm Hay and based at Milford Haven Marina.

Was owned by John Holt and can still be seen in the Morecombe Bay area, with John as crew!

'Dido', seen here at Walton.

'Luke'  In Malta, owned by our Med rep, George Bugeja.

'Sea Willow' Snapped at Maldon

This boat has just been sold, August 05, who owns her now?

I joined the forum a couple of nights ago, having just acquired 'La Manchot', built as you know in '64 by 'Mike' Goodair and Ken Brown.
I live in Pembroke on the Milford Haven and have taken the boat on with my Father as a joint project.


 

Watch this space...!

July 2005,  the boat sold locally at a knock down price to a Mr. Mariner-Clarke.  We  did hope he might  get in touch. 

She was in a very poor state, with  soft timbers in all sorts of places.  A terrific amount of work needed.  We were very surprised to see her for sale a few weeks later for £18k. Alarm bells should be ringing!!

If you are looking at this or any other old wooden boat, a full survey is good insurance. Definitely 'Buyer Beware'!

August 09 we hear she is on the internet for sale again at a silly £25k price.  I smell something odd... £3k would be more realistic seeing this!

2010 she was back on the net for £15k, then 12, then 10, then withdrawn.  The seller  just seems to be looking for a mug to come along, or is there something more sinister going on again? If she is destroyed by fire my colleagues in the Essex Police Marine unit will be involved!

2011, we hear from Chris Luke that this is 'Sarane' and both these pictures were taken in the Channel Isles

Note the unusual cabin side window.

Owned by

Jelle van der Meulen

This is another of our Dutch boats.

Note the Fin Keel.

Sadly 2005 we heard she was broken up. She only had rot in her decks, but the person who had her could not cope and wrecked her for her parts, what a shame.  We now have heard she has had a shed built on top and is a houseboat!!!

      'Kili' under construction!

Great to show these pics of the simple construction method used with our boats, that has proven to be enduring!

Here are a few pictures of the 24' Eventide "Kili", the name was taken from the Hobbit. It took three years to build and many fun hours building and sailing the vessel.

 It was built in my back garden and at one time I was a member of the Eventide Owners Association. I also made many friends who also had Eventides, John Shirley from East Grinstead and Sidney Geerke. Stories that could tell about those two, fantastic men. John Shirley's boat was called "Moonshiner".

 Thank you for responding so quickly.

 Kind regards

 Bill Montague   

I saw the boat some years later in Brading Haven harbour with the I believe the port side ground away where she had foundered in the harbour there. Also someone had stuck an outboard bracket on the stern. She started out with a Stuart Turner 4hp engine and then we upgraded to a Stuart Turner 8hp which we rescued from a farm. It was a lovely boat, but not one that wives enjoyed. We made numerous crossings across the channel in her. She was a very nice boat to sail.

 I could tell you lots of lovely stories about her and the other boats around her, all Eventides.

 I had many happy hours both building her and sailing her.

 The boat was built in Rustington and moored at Littlehampton on the LSMC moorings.

 I could write a book also about John Shirley and Moonshiner one long summer, I have pictures of Moonshiner as well. I will send you some of those.

The young boy is my son, the other children belonged to the neighbours.

The man that bought it from me was a gentleman by the name of David George.

The boat was launched in circa 1975.

Nearing completion, wonder who was the owner of the car?

John Shirley's Moonshiner. We did a lot of modifications to that boat.

 The location is Littlehampton.

 See if you can spot the modifications we did? It originally had an outboard engine, mounted inboard.

 Unfortunately Sid Gerke and John Shirley are no longer with us.

Note transom rudder and gap between rudder and keel filled in, to offset weather helm.

She was launched and sailed for a year but now sold on, sadly.  The new owner is known to us... boat  for sale again 2011, sadly without the nice new Honda...

2011. Folly was scrapped but not before I managed to salvage the mast to send to Nottingham with Everjoy!

Think she may well be up for sale again, March 2007?  Yes the new owner has just signed up with us!

2011 the owner is in touch boat for sale, details later...

 May 05, thanks to Liam  O'Connor, he has seen this boat in Waterford City, she is Steel 28ft and the name is 'Ceol ne Mhara' which in Gaelic means 'The song of the Sea'  we like that.  More later we hope.

October 2016, whilst on holiday in Ireland I happened to step up to the river wall in Waterford and the first boat right in front of me , yes this one!

These were taken at the yard at Topsham Devon, although she is now on Lake Balaton in Hungary

  The great thing about our craft, is they are infinitely re-build-able!  In this case, however, no one stepped forward to do it.

2012, sadly she has gone to that big boatyard in the sky....

Sadly due to flooding on the Thames she is waiting in Surrey at the moment for better weather. Jan 2013.

2011 the owner at the time was John Banks, later  of Lone Gull II Lonestar. Says the picture was in Lulworth in the 1980's

 customer of John's  more soon.

Sadly 2015 Ted had to sell her due to poor health. so who owns her now?

Bill tells me Peter now is chief engineer on a 50,000 ton chemical carrier, and Louise is production manager at Volvo.  Bet they throw you in after they see this here!

She had been abandoned by a former owner.  She had a chequered history after dear John Perrin had her. 

Nick is keen to join in with a Solent Meet if we can get it organised...  but Sadly she is up for sale again.... and sold but wait he has her back!!!  rescued from the foreshore at Hayling Island Spring 2014.  In 2019 seen for sale for a few pounds...  sad end.

No it is 'Polly Peacham'!  The new owner, Keith, has just joined 2011!

Thanks to Mike for finding this one.  Last I heard she was in the Bristol area in the 80's.... She is different..

They tell us that they attacked it with a needle gun to sort the paint,  only to find holes! Justin was able to weld, so repaired her! She has been stripped back and repainted throughout.

They sail the waters around Skye, we look forward to seeing more of her and her adventures as they take their first sailing steps with her!
 

Neville Jones's new acquisition in New Zealand. She has a page in the Builders and Restorers section!

2011 still no further forward with this one.... Got to be known...We think this is 'Osprey'!  New owners Sue has been in touch 2011. We have now, 2012 been able to put the builders family in touch!  Neil has send in some early pics!

See the builders and restorers section

Now up for sale 2013. Sold and new owner Bob has joined us.   2020 and for sale again... On EBay.

Under refurbishment, new motor and a clean up all round, see the link left to her own page.

She was successfully sailed from the Wash for a couple of seasons.

Michael is contemplating building or buying a purpose made boat trailer to later ship her to his home in Nottinghamshire.

The special interest? Michael's parents borrowed Everjoy for their honeymoon! The rest is history!

Nellie the Crew!

'Seaquence' an different sort of Eventide.

February 2018 update, she is in Martin Dooley's boatyard, see http://www.characterboats.co.uk/

Martin bought her and is planning to restore her, more later we hope.

He bought 'Ermintrude' almost 2 years ago and brought her down from Carnforth just above Lancaster.

More pics of here a bit further down the page, she was called 'Wine Knot'.

 (head skim and new valves and seats and de-coking)

In 2013 the owner was hoping to meet up with 'Fiddler's Green' on her round UK trip, but someone clumped 'Ermintrude' and damaged her, hope she is now restored?

advertised for sale at Rye in Kent?  We hope to have details soon, think the last owner was a member....  Oct 07.  Update.  This is 'Sea Witch', was later owned by our Data Base Manager John.

 decent suit of sails that were passed on for free too...    If you get a boat for free and cannot take the challenge, at least pass it on again for free without trying to make a profit..... No too much to hope for sold for a few bob, without all the gear given away with it to a local guy, here's hoping he can find the time to sort her.

Oct 2010, we here the boat has been sold a couple more times and the new owner has skipped so the yard are going to break her... Nov 2011, scrapped. but not before I bought the new s/s bilge keels, that I sold on to Robert for Celtic Lass! recycling!  Sadly there was a post script to this, they were fastened with mild steel bolts and the resulting electrolysis made the bolts fail! Careful mixing metals.

 recovered her to his workshop in Haverfordwest.

 boats are repairable!  He will keep us posted!

Hello John,  My boat was built in Melbourne Australia in 1987 and has a fixed hardwood keel and Oregon frame. I have just slipped her this week and was pleased to find that there were no hidden surprises under the water line.

 will be interested in knowing the designers links with those towns.

 kind regards Mike Rogers, Geelong, Australia.
 

'Mayna'  Sold we are told, so who owns her now?  It's Tim, he has just joined us! 2008? Sold again 2011...

'Mayna' Seen June 2003 at Heybridge, Essex and recently sold.  Very original keel and skeg, with offset inboard, a Vire I believe.

Now fitted with Farryman 8hp Diesel!

New owner Martin is a member 2012.  Sadly 2017 she was found to have terminal rot and scrapped.

'Quest' a 24ft very early built version but with cabin stepped mast and slightly longer cabin.

As the inboard motor has been removed I am going to install a bracket on the stern so I can run an 8hp outboard for the time being.

I have just bought an alloy fixed bracket that I am going to bolt on the stern. Eventually my plan with this  is to enclose it in teak and incorporate a boarding platform also of teak on the stern. Once I re-power it with the inboard it will also mean I have a permanent bracket there to fix an outboard to if ever I need to.

December 2011 just heard from new owner Tom Driscoll that he has taken on the project from mike and has just asked after a CD of drawings.

for Sale in Kent.  It is 'Cosmic Wind'

Info from John Stevens

Seen for sale on the web by J.S.  She is  located at one  'Andy Seedhouse's yard' in Woodbridge Suffolk.  Anyone know which one it is? Less than £2k but with only a Stuart 4 and very bare inside.  Buyers beware!

Nov 06 News in from Ben, he as just bought her, name was 'Pharaon' Sail no. 1335. Ben needs some sails, and a lot more gear as it all appears to be missing....any going out there?

More pics of 'Pharaon' from Ben.  we can now see she is a sloop rig, but with a bowsprit.  Ben has to refit the interior and is looking for a good chippy! Sadly, we hear, Ben has had to sell her.... says he was sold a pup! I can believe it!

March 2010, the new owner Dave has been in touch, hope he will be joining us shortly. Boat is at Bedwells yard at Walton on Naze.

We now understand she is to be given away as uneconomic to restore.... Nov 07

For more pics go to Chris's website. http://rudge.me.uk/gallery/eventide

Interior of 'Redwing'.

'Wine Knot' E 26 964, not called that now as the owner took the name to place on his Golden Hind!  Now called 'Ermintrude'!

'Saoirse'  E 26. was for sale in Cardiff, now purchased and in Oxford for restoration. Has an unusual inboard well for an outboard?

'Cris Hawk' an updated pic from Liam, he says he will set the sails better next time!  They look fair enough, but the fender could do with attention!  The normal retort is 'I like my game well hung sir!'

'Marionette' Member Mike Hill has her reluctantly for sale, see the For Sale pages. May 08

'Aurora' E 24 from Zimbabwe. the owner, Robin has just joined us, April 08.

Sadly he does not have a sail number for her.  She has never appeared on any of my records before, another one found!

Interestingly he has not fitted a bowsprit but kept the rig inboard, yet still a cutter. with the staysail tacked to just aft of the samson post.

'Aurora'  moored,  on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe!

She also sails the African coast apparently.

'The new Dunny Door' says the caption!

December 2008, cold and miserable in the UK so Robin sent us this to cheer us up, laughingly I asked where the Hippos were!

Within the hour this one arrived, with Hippos...  then I looked carefully at the background of the first one, don't know how I missed the ruddy Elephants!

'Les Soukelaire des Mers' Demeter from New Zealand sent this pic in, his boat is a 24ft Eventide, built in Kaori timer a native wood of N.Z.  She is moored in Nelson N.Z.

Demeter hails from Belgium and the name means roughly,  poor man of the sea!   He is at present in Belgium He is returning to N.Z. to renovate her.

Does anyone know the wherabouts of the eventide 24, 'Captain Nancy'??  She used to sail out of the river Orwell in Suffolk.  The builder's daughter is interested in tracing her, any info to us or contact her direct at 'charlotte at praewood.wanadoo.co.uk'

'Serenity' briefly under new ownership and now moored at Brightlingsea.  .

On her new mooring at Brightlingsea!

Here is  'Serenity' snapped after the Mundon Meet 2008.

The blurred smiles say it all as they whistle past at speed!

Here is 'Serenity' in Summer of 2008,  replaced the sails!  I will have to look out for tan sails in future!

Needs a caring owner please!

Was advertised on the net....

Believe this must be 'Mayna', snapped by owner of 'Serenity', Mundon Weekend.  Mast yet to be stepped, so that's why they were not there!  Note another Eventide visible near the end of the mast to the right!  well done J.S. for spotting that!

U/K Eventide 24 offered for sale on the Auction site July 2008. sadly she has a hole in her bottom where a bilge keel had been punched through in an accident, whilst stored ashore in Norfolk and lashed by a high tide. Hope the new owner, Mat maybe?, will be in touch.

'Therapist' Adrian Cox has just joined us as a 'Friend and has sent this pic of his parents boat to us. Adrian is now looking to go back to an Eventide himself and has also written a little article for the 10th Newsletter.

'Lorelei' This unusual Eventide 26 is Yawl rig, gaff Yawl at that.  Never seen one with this rig before so it will be interesting to find out how she sails. The owner, Peter has her at Mersea, not the east coast one but New Brighton,  near Liverpool.

'Osprey of Dublin' One of the finest looking Eventides for many a year, just emerging from her building shelter.

This Eventide deserves a page of her own, so I have given her a page on the Builders section.

'Ebbtide' photographed at Chatham dock Marina on the Medway, summer 2008 by Brian Neale.  Sadly the owner was not about.  This E 24 looks like one of the pre 1972 plans versions. Without a bowsprit and floating high, so possibly built with 780lb ballast too.

April 2010, the owner has joined! Welcome Nigel.  2013 the new owner Dr. Scott has joined and is promising to use the boat to get youngsters involved in boatbuilding etc. great idea, hope to hear more of the project in the near future.

'Ebbtide'  the owner of this fine looking Eventide has come forward and joined us.  I had an early E24 that looked very much like this, but I added a bowsprit and transom hung rudder, made her much better to sail.

'Bird Alone'.  Searching for a pic after I had a special log in I found not only this but a total of four!

With fin keel and varnished topsides, this Eventide 24 was built and launched on the Norfolk Broads.

Here moored near Repps or Martham, she looks a picture and  must have turned a few heads.

Sailing with the owner at the helm, she was about to embark on an epic voyage.  We were fortunate that one of our members, Stuart, bumped into the crew from that trip, who has shared the log with us. See the Newsletter.

Fabio in Italy has sent these two pic in of an Eventide he is contemplating purchase.  The builder apparently stretched her from 24 to 26, but may not have increased the ballast, more info when we get it.

No name as yet and I have not heard whether or not he had bought her,  sadly I have been unable to track her on the scant info I have at the moment.  Interesting cabin top...

'Vieve' E 24 captured on camera by Richard Barton-Wood, seen alongside the quay at Blakeney, Norfolk.  Feb 09, The new owner Neil has been in touch, work in progress he says.  Looks good to us Neil!

It was Tim Bultitude's boat a few years ago. We like the cockpit tent  and cabin cover.  That will keep the elements off!

Unknown Eventide  on the hard at Del Quay, Chichester about 1994.  Pic by Bob Doe.  Anyone recognise her?

'Quirra' Paul and Lorraine's Eventide in Port Phillip, Melbourne, Australia.

 Under cover to repair beneath the waterline.  Stripped back to bare and restored.

The finished boat.  She is out sailing now, February 2009. Very nice!  Look forward to the sailing pics!

'Auriga' Eventide 24 owned by Glenn in South Africa.  She sails from anchor Creek Marina Vaal Dam.  At the moment being refurbished.  More pics later, welcome  Glenn.

  'Auriga' again showing the tiller fitting aft of the sheltered cockpit.  Could this be the crew who is going to help in the restoration?

'Compass Rose'  who could fail to like the mermaid!  Pic by Richard Barton-Wood  of  Connie Klars Eventide 24.

Richard says he was lucky to hit great weather and even got an afternoon's sail on the Med! "Compass Rose"  She has an unusual open-plan interior and is berthed in the little harbour at Altea, just north of Benidorm. Connie lives in an idyllic spot high in the mountains behind and does holiday rentals in basic but beautiful wooden chalets, with the possibility of sailing thrown in.
 

This is a fuzzy shot because it is through glass.  this is a framed photo of 'Caorrun', later called 'Scorpio'.  Eventide 26 No 305. If the ex owner, or owner of this boat steps up we can put him in touch with Dick who has found the photo in a sailing club in Kent.

2012, we learn this was 'Nayika' she was owned by Robin Boyles and wrecked here at Instow some years ago. She had no inboard, the Stuart had been removed and instead there were 2 Seagulls, one for ahead, one for astern???  Not to be recommended obviously!

'Gypsy of Hoo', Peter Miller a new member, has just bought her.  He knew little of her history, but gave me enough for me to trace her.  Formally 'Lyekka'

This is her hull before she was  careened and scraped off, several years of growth!

Now she is painted up and cared for again and Peter hopes to meet with other Eventide Owners Group sailors.

'Angela'  an Eventide 26 that has been owned by Peter Kirkland on Australia for 30 years!  Send in the logs Peter!

Cosy interior Peter!  Peter is another new member, Welcome!

2013 Peter has sent in a link to a u-tube film. http://youtu.be/zw0KEG-EiIg

'Poppy' the Steel Eventide 26 now owned by Bill.  She has never appeared in any previous records, another one to add to the lists!

Poppy has a standard sort of interior, not a lot to give away her construction.

But externally the steel construction can be seen. hope to catch her sailing on the Blackwater later this year.