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Etap 26i |
Brief details |
Builder |
Etap Yachting NV, Malle, Belgium |
Built froim the late 1990s to around 2008, the Etap 26i is a modern small family cruiser with the usual high build quality and careful and innovative detailing of the Etap brand. Like all Etaps, she is 'unsinkable'. The boat was offered with either a standard fin keel or Etap's shallow draught tandem keel, two foils joined by a bulb, based on the Warwick Collins tandem keel design. A photo of a tandem keel is on our archive page for the Etap 30i |
LOA |
27' 0" |
Sail area |
322 sq ft main and self tacking jib |
LWL |
23' 5" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
9' 1" |
Cabins |
Saloon & aft cabin |
Draught |
5' 1" fin or 3' 0" tandem keel |
Berths |
4-6 |
Displacement |
5,066 lbs |
Engine |
Volvo 2010 |
Ballast |
1,432 lbs |
BHP |
10 |
Keel type |
Iron fin keel and spade rudder |
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Etap were a large Belgian company with a variety
of products, and have been building yachts since 1970. In
1990 the yacht building division was split off as a separate
company, Etap Yachting. In 2008 the Etap yachting division
was bought by Dehler, but in 2009 Dehler then became insolvent. Etap briefly restarted as an independent company, but then again ceased trading.
Etaps have always been 'different' - all their boats are unsinkable,
with double skins and closed-cell polyurethane foam. This
also gives excellent insulation to the interior, minimising
condensation. The company makes extensive use of custom aluminium
and stainless fabrications produced in-house. Etaps are not
cheap, but are very well engineered and built.
In production until 2007/8, the Etap 26i is designed by Mortain & Mavrikios, in conjunction with Etap's in-house design team. The Etap 26i is RCD Category B for four persons, or C for 6. |
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