The ETAP 38i is a
Belgian sailboat that was designed by
Mortain & Mavrikios
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Geography
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as a
cruiser
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and first built in 1989.
Production
The design was built by
ETAP Yachting in
Belgium between 1989 and 1997, with 95 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The ETAP 38i is a recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
glassfibre. It has a
masthead sloop rig, a
raked stem, a
reverse transom with steps, an internally mounted spade-type
rudder controlled by a
wheel
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and a fixed
wing keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard wing keel.
The boat is fitted with a Swedish
Volvo 2003T
diesel engine 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, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side, around a
drop-leaf table
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. The
galley
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is located on the port side just forward of the
companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a three-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The
head
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is located opposite the galley on the starboard side.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a
spinnaker
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.
Operational history
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ''ETAP Owners Association''.
A 2009 ''Yachting Monthly'' review wrote, "the company's flush deck designs work better on larger hulls and this was the largest of its type. She is a striking, sea-kindly Harlé Mortain creation with a robust masthead rig and fully battened mainsail. She performs and handles well on all points of sail, though the low boom can be a hazard. The accommodation is dramatically styled with contrasting light-and-dark stained veneers. Critics would say it is too obviously prefabricated, but supporters call it modern and liken the styling to
Ikea
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. Under the bright wheelhouse, the galley is on one side, the chart table on the other and in the middle is an island unit which contains the sinks and stowage. You drop down a step to the saloon, where you run out of headroom going forward. She has a large heads aft and six berths in three cabins, including a spacious double berth in the aft cabin, a smaller double in the forepeak and two sea-berths in the saloon."
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
Photo of an ETAP 38iPhoto of an ETAP 38i
{{ETAP Yachting
Keelboats
1980s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Mortain & Mavrikios
Sailboat types built by ETAP Yachting