I made the same decision 18 months ago, sold (with some difficulty) my nice old Eventide, and bought a Bilge keel Trident 24; some pluses, some minuses, but the great thing is I am afloat already and have been for a month. I never seemed to have the Eventide ready till about mid June - usually because the weather and my Boss combined to prevent me finishing the maintenance till then!

Still hanker occasionally after the Eventide - a truly 'great' boat, and for reasons under boss and SWMBO's control (she has not been well) I havent yet had a chance to try making a decent passage in the Trident, so its a bit of an unknown quantity still. But so far no real regrets.