| ETAP 35i | |
| Location: | Belgium |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Builder: | ETAP Yachting |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5.09feet |
| Displacement: | 114640NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 34.84feet |
| Lwl: | 29feet |
| Beam: | 11.52feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta 280NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 38360NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 39.37feet |
| J: | 11.81feet |
| P: | 40.85feet |
| E: | 13.29feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 271.45square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 232.48square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 503.93square feet |
The ETAP 35i is a Belgian sailboat that was designed as a cruiser and first built in 1992.[1]
The design was built by ETAP Yachting in Belgium starting in 1992, but it is now out of production.[1] [2]
The ETAP 35i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It is made from a polyester glassfibre foam sandwich that makes the boat unsinkable. It has a fractional sloop masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom with boarding steps, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 114640NaN0 and carries 38360NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 5.09feet with the standard keel.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine of 280NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin and a small 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 three-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of navigation station on the starboard side and includes a shower. The bow cabin also has a sink.[1]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a spinnaker.[1]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ETAP Owners Association.[4]
In a 2010 review in Yachting Monthly Dick Durham wrote, "An excellent cruising boat – fast, seaworthy, thoughtfully designed and very reasonably priced considering the high quality of build. Etaps also tend to hold their value well on the second-hand market. The unsinkability factor and double-skin construction is a reassuring bonus, offering soundproofing, thermal insulation and eradicating condensation. One fly in the ointment is the optimistic addition of the aft ‘cabin’. I believe that very few yachts under 40 ft LOA should have one, and on this boat it's no more than a giant locker."[3]
