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The ETAP 35i is a Belgian
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that was designed as a
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and first built in 1992.


Production

The design was built by
ETAP Yachting ETAP Yachting is a Belgium, Belgian boat builder based in Lokeren. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats. History The company was founded by Norbert Joris in 1970 and was originally a manufacturer of lig ...
in
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starting in 1992, but it is now out of production.


Design

The ETAP 35i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of
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, with wood trim. It is made from a
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glassfibre foam sandwich that makes the boat unsinkable. It has a fractional
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masthead sloop rig, a
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, a
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with boarding steps, an internally mounted spade-type
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controlled by a
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and a fixed fin
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. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta
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of for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and a small aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The
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is located on the port side just forward of the
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ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The
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is located just aft of navigation station on the starboard side and includes a shower. The bow cabin also has a sink. For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a
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.


Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ''ETAP Owners Association''. In a 2010 review in ''Yachting Monthly'' Dick Durham wrote, "An excellent cruising boat – fast, seaworthy, thoughtfully designed and very reasonably priced considering the high quality of build. Etaps also tend to hold their value well on the second-hand market. The unsinkability factor and double-skin construction is a reassuring bonus, offering soundproofing, thermal insulation and eradicating condensation. One fly in the ointment is the optimistic addition of the aft ‘cabin’. I believe that very few yachts under 40 ft LOA should have one, and on this boat it's no more than a giant locker."


See also

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List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes World Sailing Classes Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...


References


External links


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