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Hi phil, a GRP Eventide 24?!?!? this is a rare one, hope you salvaged it. I have just been to see a 26 ft GRP version with the database manager, he is now the new owner !! We have heard of several GRP versions over the years, I heard of a 24ft version built by laminating GRP panels and glueing them ...

Hello Neville,

please mail us on the website mail, enquiries@eventides.org.uk.

We do not divulge members details, but pass on requests to the member, so they may respond....

Regards,
John

Well done Wagtail!

John

Hello there, If you contact us at enquiries@eventides.org.uk with a sail number, former owners names or even the last name you knew she had, we have records on these boats going back to the 1960's.. I take it you have not enriolled with us or I would have offered to find that out for you when you fi...

Good to see this page is working well.... Hurth gearboxes are great if well maintained, I religiously drain the ATF from mine every season and refill with fresh, it only takes 300cc, it is amazing how dirty it gets in a year.... Even so I had a problem with mine.. It is a Hurth 35 boxfitted to a Bet...

Hello Mike, hope it is not too late to respond. See the Owners hints and tips page of the website for how I did this over 30 years ago.... Any more queries of this sort, please contact us direct as well,enquiries@eventides.org..uk, as I have only just found this page.... Re the keel, it is a standar...

hi Chris, Pitch pine was supposed to be the best material, but you try and get hold of some!

I used Iroko for the bearers in my Eventide, but they were bolted to existing Oak ones for the former engine, so Oak would work just the same!

Regards,
John

Hi Chris, sad to hear Athaena was so bad.. Having seen all the pics taken of her by her former owners, when she went in for rebuild some years back you would not credit this sort of damage.... Underlines the need for scrupulious leek prevention and loads of ventilation below decks.... Think your ide...

Hello Mike, the figure given on the drawings was 30cwt... however that would be ply... slightly later boats with heavier, 1020lb, keels weigh in at 35cwt. I would have thought a solid teak hull would be more likely to be near 2 tons....

hope that helps.
John

Hello Dave, so, after a season and a bit where are all the pics?

would love to update the gallery!

how about writing a bit about the restoration as well as the sailing. send it to us at enquiries@eventides.org.uk and we can use it in the next Newsletter...

Regards,
John

Oh dear... discord... this is not what we are about, please, please! Sadly Chris is right in one respect, these pages are only as in date as contributors make them. The Website generally is updated weekly and sometimes even daily, it takes a great deal of time and effort so to do. If anyone posts on...

Hello there, I have looked up our records and can find no sign of the Eventide 'El Lobo' However that is not to say she does not exist but may simply have been sold on and the name changed.. Have you any footage of the sails I wonder, that might have a sail number on them? Failing that we have old r...

Recall when I had an Eventide 24 with wooden mast I used a pole made up from 2 lengths of galvanized water pipe, about 1 & 1/4 " diameter, heavy and solid... I tied a pair of guy ropes sideways from the top end to the chainplates to stop it wobbling sideways. The inboard end had an 1 & 1/2" angle ir...

Hi Chris, Yes more ballast sounds the answer. You could also remove the 3" of rake, it does not need it. If she is balanced in a F£, with ful sail and you can steer with just one finger it is right. Must always have that little bit of weatherhelm so if let go she will slowly round up, even in light ...

Hi Chris, yes get rid of the rake, there was far too much on the early designs. The later, post 73 drawings had it reduced, but we took it out altogether in the 1990's as a result of our experiments. Did not realise my article was confusing, will have to have another look at it, it was written a lon...