Like the other new ferries, "Overchurch" was popular with passengers, offering heated saloon accommodation on the main deck, together with a large open top deck with a forward shelter and observation deck for passengers. She was in more or less constant operation aside from periods of dry docking and maintenance - including the early 1980s when her near sister "Woodchurch" was laid up in Morpeth Dock for a lengthy period in an effort to save costs. "Overchurch" was chosen as the primary ferry to operate a new service to Otterspool Promenade during the 1984 International Garden Festival, when all the ferries were given a new livery of red white and blue, replacing the black and green livery given in the mid 1970s. She operated alone throughout the "Mountwood" and "Woodchurch" refurbishment, her last full season was 1989.