| ETAP 23iL | |
| Designer: | Jacques de Ridder |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Year: | 1994 |
| No Built: | 110 |
| Builder: | ETAP Yachting |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4.82feet with the keel down |
| Displacement: | 34200NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 25.5feet |
| Lwl: | 20.31feet |
| Beam: | 8.18feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | lifting keel |
| Ballast: | 10350NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 23.8feet |
| J: | 8.1feet |
| P: | 26.12feet |
| E: | 9feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 151square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 62square feet |
| Sailarea Gen: | 295square feet |
| Sails Other: | Genoa 160square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 311square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 446square feet |
| Previous: | ETAP 23i |
The ETAP 23iL is a Belgian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jacques de Ridder as a cruiser and first built in 1994.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by ETAP Yachting in Belgium between 1994 and 1999, with 100 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The ETAP 23iL is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester glassfibre-foam sandwich construction, with wood trim. The use of foam sandwich construction makes the boat unsinkable. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop masthead sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a lifting keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 34200NaN0 and carries 10350NaN0 of cast iron ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4.82feet with the lifting extended and 2.3feet with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [2]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 6to outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just aft of the bow cabin. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The head is located in the bow cabin on the port side, under the "V"-berth. The fresh water tank has a capacity of [1] [2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 295square feet. It has a hull speed of 6.04kn.[2]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ETAP Owners Association.[7]
A review in Boat Specs, notes "the Lifting keel version features an appendage configuration without compromise between draft and performance. Only drawback: some space is taken inside by the keel."[2]
A review in the Yacht Charter Guide described the design, "the ETAP 23iL is a very safe, fast seagoing yacht with a long waterline. It can sail superbly close to the wind and, in the hands of an experienced crew, it handles easily even in the roughest conditions. This yacht features a regatta deck which allows every manoeuvre - even reefing - to be carried out from the cockpit. Below deck there's a comfortable, luxuriously finished and almost condensation-free cabin with ample stowage space and a very convenient navigation area with a chart table and instruments' panel. The lifting keel allows the ETAP 23iL to be trailered easily..."[8]