YM E399 - 24ft Eventide -Trying to find her again
Posted: Tue June 12th, 2012, 12:10 pm
I spent all my childhood either 'helping' build or sailing my dad's home built marine ply Eventide sail number YM E399. I'd like to find her again and wonder if anyone can give me information about her or tell me who owns her now or where she can be found please?
My father modified the design to give more headroom by raising and curving the cabin roof and extending it. This forced the mast to be stepped on the cabin roof instead of in front of it (where the plans intended) on the fore-deck and thus makes YM E399 probably quite unique and certainly very distinctive. We quickly discovered she had too much weather helm and she was converted into a cutter from her second season with the addition of a short bowsprit.
Built by Ray Purvis in 1966 (after 5 years in the making in the back garden)and originally named Natula she was wintered until the early '70's at West Stockwith YC on the Trent and sailed from South Ferriby sluice on the Humber during summer. About that time she was sold to a chap named Hunneyset and the name changed, if I remember correctly, to Ormerod.
Any help would be much appreciated in my search of childhood nostalgia and in memory of my late father who went on to spend 2 years sailing single handedly around the World in a 42ft ketch 'Lady Rosemary' returning to Portsmouth at the age of 80! Thank-you, Ray Purvis (jnr)
My father modified the design to give more headroom by raising and curving the cabin roof and extending it. This forced the mast to be stepped on the cabin roof instead of in front of it (where the plans intended) on the fore-deck and thus makes YM E399 probably quite unique and certainly very distinctive. We quickly discovered she had too much weather helm and she was converted into a cutter from her second season with the addition of a short bowsprit.
Built by Ray Purvis in 1966 (after 5 years in the making in the back garden)and originally named Natula she was wintered until the early '70's at West Stockwith YC on the Trent and sailed from South Ferriby sluice on the Humber during summer. About that time she was sold to a chap named Hunneyset and the name changed, if I remember correctly, to Ormerod.
Any help would be much appreciated in my search of childhood nostalgia and in memory of my late father who went on to spend 2 years sailing single handedly around the World in a 42ft ketch 'Lady Rosemary' returning to Portsmouth at the age of 80! Thank-you, Ray Purvis (jnr)