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{{Use British English|date=April 2021}}
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|location          = [[Belgium]]
|year              = 1992
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|builder           = [[ETAP Yachting]]
|role              = [[Cruising (maritime)|Cruiser]]
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|draft             = {{convert|5.09|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement      = {{convert|11464|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type         = [[monohull]]
|construction      = [[glassfibre]]
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|lwl               = {{convert|29.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam              = {{convert|11.52|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine            = [[Volvo Penta]] {{convert|28|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[diesel engine]]
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|keel type         = fin keel
|ballast           = {{convert|3836|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type       = internally-mounted spade-type [[rudder]]
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|rig type          = [[Bermuda rig]]
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|sailplan          = [[fractional rig]]ged [[sloop]]
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The '''ETAP 35i''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[sailboat]] that was designed as a [[Cruising (maritime)|cruiser]] and first built in 1992.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/etap-35i|title= ETAP 35i sailboat|access-date= 3 April 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210403160930/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/etap-35i|archive-date= 3 April 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Production==
The design was built by [[ETAP Yachting]] in [[Belgium]] starting in 1992, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/etap-yachting|title = Etap Yachting|access-date = 3 April 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210323150726/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/etap-yachting|archive-date= 23 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design==
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 rig|fractional]] [[sloop]] [[masthead sloop]] rig, a [[raked stem]], a [[reverse transom]] with boarding steps, an internally mounted spade-type [[rudder]] controlled by a [[Ship's wheel|wheel]] and a fixed fin [[keel]]. It displaces {{convert|11464|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3836|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="YM">{{cite web|url= https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/reviews/yacht-reviews/etap-35i|title= Etap 35i|access-date= 3 April 2021|last= Durham|first= Dick|work= Yachting Monthly|date= 18 March 2010|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210403161022/https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/reviews/yacht-reviews/etap-35i|archive-date= 3 April 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.09|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.<ref name="Data"/>
The boat is fitted with a Swedish [[Volvo Penta]] [[diesel engine]] of {{convert|28|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds {{convert|28|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|74|u.s.gal}}.<ref name="Data"/>
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 (kitchen)|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 (watercraft)|head]] is located just aft of navigation station on the starboard side and includes a shower. The bow cabin also has a sink.<ref name="Data"/>
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a [[spinnaker]].<ref name="Data"/>
==Operational history==
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ''ETAP Owners Association''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/etap-owners-association|title= Etap Owners Association|access-date = 27 March 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210323150702/https://sailboatdata.com/association/etap-owners-association|archive-date= 23 March 2021|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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&nbsp;ft LOA should have one, and on this boat it's no more than a giant locker."<ref name="YM"/>
==See also==
*[[List of sailing boat types]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slQcvbaTuA8 Video: sailing an ETAP 35i]
*[https://archive.today/20210403161018/https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2010/03/etap35i_boat_test4.jpg Photo of an ETAP 35i]
*[https://archive.today/20210403161145/https://www.devalk.nl/images/thumbnails/website/etap-35i-42482_1e.jpg Photo of an ETAP 35i]
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