| ETAP 30i | |
| Designer: | Mortain & Mavrikios |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Year: | 1995 |
| No Built: | 280 |
| Builder: | ETAP Yachting |
| Role: | cruising sailboat |
| Draft: | 5.58feet |
| Displacement: | 77150NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 29.33feet |
| Lwl: | 26.25feet |
| Beam: | 10.38feet |
| Engine: | Volvo 180NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 24250NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 33.5feet |
| J: | 9.55feet |
| P: | 35.63feet |
| E: | 12.47feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 262square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 137square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 511square feet |
| Sails Other: | Genoa 175square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 437square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 772square feet |
| Previous: | ETAP 30 |
The ETAP 30i is a Belgian sailboat that was designed by French designers Mortain & Mavrikios, as a cruiser and first built in 1995.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by ETAP Yachting in Belgium from 1995 to 2005 with 280 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The ETAP 30i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester glassfibre-foam cored sandwich, with wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin, weighted bulb keel. It displaces 77150NaN0 and carries 24500NaN0 of cast iron ballast.[1] [2]
The foam-cored construction renders the boat unsinkable.[2]
The boat has a draft of 5.58feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo diesel engine of 180NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds .[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, a ice box and a sink. The head is located opposite the galley, on the starboard side and includes a hanging locker. The fresh water tank has a capacity of .[2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 511square feet. It has a hull speed of 6.87kn.[2]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ETAP Owners Association.[7]
In a 2009 Yachting Monthly review stated, "the boat is stiff and sea-kindly under sail, well-suited to short-handed or family cruising, but the standard rig, which features a non-overlapping, self-tacking headsail, leaves her decidedly undercanvassed in light to moderate winds. The bright, cosy saloon – spacious for a 30-footer – has plentiful stowage in lockers along the gunwales, a centrally mounted dining table, a good-sized chart table with plenty of room for instruments, and a workable, L-shaped galley. The heads compartment is surprisingly roomy, with ample hanging space for wet oilskins. The aft cabin has a 6ft by 5ft double berth and the forepeak vee-berth is sealed off from the main cabin with two sliding doors."[8]