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Etap 30i |
Price Guide
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£40,000 to £50,000
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Builder |
Etap Yachting N.V., Malle, Belgium |
LOA |
30' 8" |
Sail area |
398 sq ft main & genoa
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Brief details |
LWL |
26' 3" |
Rig |
fractional sloop |
The Etap 30i is a
modern fast family cruiser with the usual high build quality and
careful and innovative detailing of the Etap brand. Like all Etaps,
she is 'unsinkable'. The Etap 30i is most often fitted with the
shallow draught tandem keel, but a deep fin was also an option.
Another option was Etap's EVS steering, which is a vertically acting
wheel-topped tiller system. |
Beam |
10' 4" |
Cabins |
3 |
Draught |
3' 4" shallow tandem keel or 4' 7" deep fin keel |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
7,929 lbs |
Engine |
Volvo 2020S diesel |
Ballast |
2,643 lbs |
BHP |
19 |
Keel type |
Shallow draught tandem fin keel with spade rudder,
or deep fin keel |
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Etap are 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.
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 2005/6, the Etap 30i is designed by
Mortain & Mavrikios, in conjunction with Etap's in-house
design team. She has a choice of single fin or tandem
fin keels, and a fractional rig with self-tacking jib.
Steering is by tiller, or as an option, Etap's unique EVS
system, which looks a bit like a a tiller - but works
like a wheel!
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