Radar, VHF radio, Gyro compass, echosounder/fishfinder, navigation lights, wind speed direction indicator, life jacket, radar reflector, fire extinguisher, horseshoe bouy, bilge pump.

Steel deck, roller furling genoa, steel cable rigging, battened mainsail, 2 genoas, 2 anchors, anchor windlass, warps, fenders, boarding ladder. Shore power.ģ berths, 2 cabins, 5'7' headroom, parafin heater, head, cold water system, gallery sink, grill/oven. It is well worth contacting the association before buying. Plans for this, the earlier Eventide 24, and many other of Griffiths’ 140 designs are available from the highly active and helpful Eventide Owners’ Association. In a blow, she can have serious weather helm – many owners have added a short bowsprit to improve balance. She had a reasonably large rig but her shallow draught and rather encumbered underwater area, means she struggles a bit in light airs, particularly to windward. The accommodation is usually four-berth, with various configurations of galley and chart table. She has also been built in steel and GRP. Many were home-built in marine ply from plans, though there are a good few professionally-built ones, too. There are also stretched and shrunk Eventides. So many modifications have been made to the marque over the years and so many different building methods were used, that it is difficult to generalise about her. This is due to the raised sidedecks, topped by a coachroof that is almost an extended doghouse. Designed and launched by Yachting Monthly in 1962, she is a hard-chine bilge-keeler with a remarkably spacious interior. No other design reflects the spirit of the great designer more than the 26ft (8m) Eventide. When East Coasters wish to epitomise coastal cruising in their area, they evoke Maurice Griffiths.

A Steel built 1960’s Eventide with sails, 3mm plate all around and triple keel.

Isle of eventide