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Etap 24i Review

The Etap 24i is the boat that will do whatever you want it to. It is small enough to trail, big enough to cruise for a fortnight, and fast enough to win races, the Etap 24i is as versatile as they come.

Back in 2007, I headed across to Holland to sail a new boat from neighboring Belgium. This was the Etap 24i, and she was well worth going to see. Introduced as a big sister to the popular 21i, she shared the same twin rudders, backstayless rig, unmistakable Etap styling, and, of course, the doubleskinned, foam-filled construction that makes all Etaps unsinkable. Today, I had the chance to sail with the same boat again and see how it help up after 14 years. 

A twist to this test session for Europe’s yachting journalists was that Etap had two boats on the water – one with a deep fin and one with a shoal-draught tandem keel developed by the designer, Marc-Oliver von Ahlen, in conjunction with Berlin University. We were not told which keel was on which boat: it was the testers’ job to work it out. 

Since this sail, Etap has ceased production. After building more than 5,000 boats in 38 years, the company was bought by Dehler in 2008. Then it all came to an end a few months later. Although the rights and the designs have been bought by another Belgian company, signs of the long-talked of reincarnation are still awaited. In the meantime, if you want an Etap, it will have to be second-hand. 

The good news is that Etaps tend to last pretty well. When I was sailing the 24i, the company claimed to have known about just five cases of osmosis – that’s 0.1% of the production. By all accounts, the hulls are pretty stiff, and, importantly, the foam injected between the skins means they will stay on the surface if the worst happens. On more than one occasion, it has. Etaps (and their crews) have lived to tell the tale following rather-too-close encounters with ferries and reefs, among other hazards of the ocean.

Refreshingly Different 

While unsinkability has been an influence for some buyers of Etaps, at most, it’s incidental. The boats wouldn’t have sold as well as they did had they not offered a good deal more than the ability to stay afloat if holed.

Take the 24i as an example. Here’s a boat that looks good for a start. Builders of cruisers in this size range have often tended to err on the side of volume, believing that compromising the accommodation as it would need to be compromised to achieve attractive lines would limit the appeal. Etap took a refreshingly different approach, setting out to make the boat sporty – not racy, just sporty – and well proportioned. Never mind standing headroom; the 24i was meant to be fast, fun, attractive, durable, and, of course, unsinkable. 

It’s a formula that appealed to a friend of mine, who was looking for a boat about eight years ago. The Etap seemed to do everything he wanted, so he found a nice-looking fin-keeled example at Hamble, UK, and trailed it back to Weymouth, UK, behind his VW camper van. 

Trailable though the Etap is, that hasn’t stopped him and his wife from treating her as a fully-fledged cruising yacht. They have done all sorts of things with the Echo 42i that many people would never dream of doing with a 24-footer, including crossing the channel most years to Brittany, France and, at various times, most of the Channel Islands as well, spending up to two weeks aboard at a time. 

Initially, they were surprised to find people on larger yachts raising an eyebrow and asking if they had really sailed ‘all the way from England on that?!’, but they soon got used to it. 

In the 1960s and ’70s, a 24-footer was a typical size for a cruising boat, and it was by no means uncommon to find one accommodating a family of four. While expectations have changed over the past 40 years – many owners and crews considering a boat unacceptable if it doesn’t have full standing headroom and a shower at the very least – the practicality of sailing a smaller boat remains the same. ‘It’s so useful to have a boat that’s small enough to trail yet big enough for proper cruising,’ says my friend. ‘We can tuck into corners of marinas where most other boats won’t fit, and on occasions, that has meant being right next to the shower block while other people have been stuck on pontoons in the middle of the river waiting for the water taxi’.

The early years with Echo were a steep learning curve. He recalls a trip to Dartmouth in what turned out to be a south-easterly Force 8. ‘Even with our limited skill levels at the time, we reckoned it was safer to keep going than to turn back. Some of the seas were higher than the boat was long, but she looked after us!’

As well as cruising extensively, they have made Echo a name to be feared in their local racing from Weymouth, last year managing a near clean sweep of the silverware despite often sailing two-handed or with an occasional third. 

Many Etap 24is have the tandem keel. Giving a draught of just 2ft 9in (0.85m), it allows the boat to sneak into shallow water and also to sit lower on the trailer than with the substantially deeper fin. It’s also pretty efficient for such a shallow appendage, with the benefits of being both cheaper and simpler than the lifting keel that Etap had offered on their smaller models until the introduction of the 21i. Also, extra cabin space is a bonus. 

As has been demonstrated time and time again, however, there’s no substitute for draught, so I was pleased to hear that Echo is a fin-keeler. The tip of the fin’s lead bulb plunges to just under 5ft (1.5m) below the waterline. It was a sensible decision for Etap: having given buyers a shallow alternative, why compromise with the fin? 

Despite the secrecy surrounding the two boats’ keel profiles in Holland all those years ago, it soon became abundantly clear which was which. A few yards of sailing and a couple of tacks was all it took to give the game away.

That’s not to say that the tandem keel doesn’t work well for its draught; just that a deep fin is better for stiffness, righting moment, speed, acceleration, and maneuverability. They have proved that it works, as did I during a pleasant early-season (pre-season for most people) sail from Weymouth. Portland Marina had lifted the boat for a scrub only a few days earlier, so she had a clean bottom despite having otherwise remained afloat since the beginning of 2013. Combined with the folding prop on the leg of the Yanmar 9hp 1GM saildrive (Etap offered an outboard as an alternative), it gave her no excuses. 

Thankfully she didn’t need any, reminding me that she’s a fun, fast, and responsive boat to sail. My friend says that she comes into her own when the breeze reaches 15 knots. He has a good deal of experience in fresh conditions, including having planned (not surfed, but planned) at 12 knots down the entire leg of a race a few years ago under spinnaker. ‘It was fine until we approached the leeward mark and had to take the kite down’, he remembers. ‘That’s when it all started to get a bit messy!’

We had gentler conditions for our sail, having to make do with between 8 and 12 knots of wind. It was noticeable how much more positive Echo became at the upper end of this range. In 12 knots, she felt alive and responsive, clocking up to 5.3 knots on the breeze and feeling fully powered up. A marginal lull was all it took for us to lose half a knot of boat speed. She came upright and needed a substantial change of gear – crew position and sail trim – to stop her sticking to the water. Many boats have these transitions at various wind-speeds; the Etap’s just happens to be more pronounced. 

Learning how best to tickle her along is all part of the challenge for a racing crew. At one stage, we were ambling upwind happily enough in 10-12 knots with all three of us in the cockpit – one to leeward – and the log showing 4.7-4.8 knots. Moving two crew up to the weather rail and the helmsman to the forward end of the cockpit brought immediate results, the speed increasing to 5.1-5.2 knots. 

Crew weight affects any boat, and the smaller and lighter the boat, the greater its effect, so this came as no surprise. Harder to assess without another boat to sail against is the optimum pointing angle upwind. Sailing as I was initially, we tacked through around 80°. My friend has found he does better by sailing a little deeper, the extra speed more than compensating for the increased tacking angle. I was in no position to argue, as Echo’s results suggest that whatever he has been doing has worked. Easy ways Lest all this talk of tweaking should give the impression that the Etap is an overly sensitive creature, I should make it clear that she’s not in the least. She’s an easy and forgiving boat to sail; just one that’s agreeably responsive, and that makes her fun to be aboard. 

After beating out through the breakwater and a little way into Weymouth Bay, we turned around, popped the kite up, and made our way back downwind at 6.5 knots. Reaching up as shy as we could, we brought the apparent wind to around 70° and the log to 6.9 knots. The helm loaded up at that point, but the twin rudders continued to grip tenaciously. 

In normal sailing mode, the helm remains comfortably light. If there’s any slop in the rudder bearings, it’s time for new bushes. My friend replaces them every year – it’s a simple enough job. 

The helming position on the coamings is pretty good. If you find it a bit too close to the guardwire for comfort, the answer is to dip your torso underneath. 

The standard boat-testing ‘circuits-and-bumps’ routine showed up with no surprises. Trimmed normally and left to her own devices on the wind, Echo rounded up, tacked, tacked back, rounded up, tacked again, and continued this routine until we interrupted her to carry on sailing. Hove to, she sat almost dead in the water but could still be gybed round with the main pinned in to resume her original course. Making upwind under either just the main or the headsail on its own presented no challenges. She could even be put into the ‘hove one’ position, as I call it – heaving to without the jib. 

Control of the mainsail is helped by the full-width traveler, which can quickly and easily be removed if you want to open up the cockpit for picnics or to socialize. There’s no backstay, however, so you have to use alternative approaches to flatten and depower the wellroached mainsail.

Hardware throughout is up to spec and from well-known names such as Lewmar and Seldén. Most of the aluminum extrusions apart from the spars came from Etap’s own factory. 

>>Also Read: Fin vs Full Keel

Accommodation 

Etap was clever in the way they managed to incorporate enough foam to keep the boat afloat, habitable, and able to sail if flooded without restricting interior space or stowage to an appreciable extent. In fact, the stowage is remarkably good, which is one of the reasons why my friend and his wife were struggling when they eventually started to look for a bigger boat. The question they most often found themselves asking was, ‘where are we going to put everything?’ 

Etap’s trick was to hide the bulk of the foam in the ends, using space that would otherwise be mostly wasted. Side effects of the double-skinning and foam injection are the smooth, wipe-clean insides to the lockers and good thermal and acoustic insulation. Etap’s use of resin-transfer techniques means that every molded surface is smooth gelcoat. 

Accommodation is good for a spirited 24-footer. There’s no double aft cabin. Instead, you have plenty of cockpit locker space on each side and, below decks, generous settee berths in the saloon whose backrests can be removed and clipped alongside to extend their width for sleeping. Also, multitasking is the door to the hanging locker to starboard, forward of the main bulkhead. It doubles as a table in the saloon or the cockpit. 

The galley is split either side, abaft the bulkhead. Moving forward, you find the heads to port and then a V-berth in the bow. Compression loads from the rig are taken by an aluminum arch molded into the deck and by the bulkhead beneath. 

On Echo, the woodwork, finished in beech laminate, has worn well – as has the whole interior. It’s still clean, fresh, and showing no signs of having been lived in extensively.

Etap 24i Review – Verdict

After sailing the Etap twice, once when it was pretty and another one now, my conclusion is that she was out of the ordinary sailboat then and still is now, offering a combination of qualities that simply can’t be found in any other boat, old or new.

She offers a sporty yet easy-going nature combined with unsinkability, a choice of keels, and an interior that, while less roomy than some, is appealing, comfortable, and eminently practical. Although a boat of this size can’t be considered a trailer-sailer, her beam and weight make her trailable behind a suitably robust tow-vehicle.

The 24i confirms that Etap’s reputation for producing cleverly designed, attractive, and soundly engineered performance cruisers with a difference is well deserved.

Etap 24i Specification

Peter is the editor of Better Sailing. He has sailed for countless hours and has maintained his own boats and sailboats for years. After years of trial and error, he decided to start this website to share the knowledge.

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4-Pack of Vintage Pocket Cruisers

• By Jeremy McGeary
• Updated: May 5, 2005

While many cruising sailors today jump with both feet and a hefty money clip into a big boat, chockablock with gadgetry, the traditional sailing evolution begins with small craft and ends with the ultimate cruiser. That first boat might be a dinghy or a one-design racer, and trading up from boat to boat usually accompanies changes in family situations and growing wealth. But no matter how big that überboat may be, cruisers with sailing in their blood usually find small craft compelling.

Small is usually simple. Getting off the mooring, the dock, or the dolly takes just minutes, allowing a spontaneous response to the siren call to savor a delicious, breezy fall sunset after work or a cool, still, summer dawn before joining rush hour.

But how big is small? That, of course, is relative. To establish “small” in terms of a cruising boat, as distinct from a daysailer, we chose as our guideline the European Union Recreational Craft Directive’s “Design Category C–Inshore (significant wave height up to and including 2 meters and wind forces up to and including 6 Beaufort).” A handful of new boats fell into that category, mostly candidates for Cruising World’s Boat of the Year 2005 contest that didn’t get nominated because they weren’t considered suitable for ocean passages.

The U. S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, offered the best opportunity to take a look at some of them conveniently close to one of the largest contiguous bodies of Category C water in North America: Chesapeake Bay.

A Compact Cat

Even though, at 32 feet, the TomCat 9.7 was the biggest vessel in the group, builder Ted Strain makes no bold claims about its capabilities. “I expect to see this boat on lakes, inland waters like Chesapeake Bay, and on inshore cruises,” he says. “It’d be an ideal boat for the Abacos.” Although the hulls are only three feet wide at sole height, artful use of the interior and the bridgedeck creates the generous accommodations typical in catamarans. Head (to port), galley (to starboard), and sleeping quarters (in both sterns) occupy the hulls, which are stepped aft to accommodate 48-inch-wide double berths. A large athwartships playpen berth and an adjoining “dining booth” make full use of the “house.” Aft of the dinette is a vestibule with full standing headroom that’s open to the cockpit but can be closed with a set of detachable panels. The builder, Strain Associates Ltd./TomCat Boats, offers a choice of woods for the interior finish and also entertains modifications to the interior layout to accommodate customers’ preferences.

To simplify construction, to avoid having daggerboard housings take up space in the narrow hulls, and to make sailing easier, Strain designed the TomCat with a centerboard deployed from the bridgedeck. Neatly tucked under the saloon table, its housing ties into the massive structural focal point of mast step and main beam. When raised to the draft of the hulls, the board still has some bite in the water, which helps when sailing to weather in shallow water.

Although Strain deliberately kept the sail plan small to assuage safety concerns about catamarans that he says still persist in the general sailing community, it’s adequate to push the boat along in as little as 7 knots of wind. The TomCat also tacked handily in this light air, as long as the skipper was paying attention and had the boat moving before turning the wheel. Auxiliary power is provided by outboards mounted on each transom, and rather than develop a unique helm system for the twin rudders, Strain adapted outboard-motor steering controls that have been in use for many years and are available off the shelf in marine stores everywhere.

A roller-furling jib and lazy jacks on the main simplify sailhandling, and the stainless-steel arch keeps the traveler aloft and out of the way. Backseat drivers can observe and critique the helmsman’s work from a bench seat beneath this arch.

I found the side decks too narrow for even small feet and would happily trade a little interior headroom for an inch or two more footing. You can go forward across the cabin top; however, that enterprise would be easier and safer with a grabrail on the house.

Strain, who runs TomCat Boats with his son Tom, came late to boatbuilding–he’s a physicist and electrical engineer by profession–but he’s familiar with the pros and cons of catamarans because, he says, the Iroquois he’s owned for 34 years has its share of both. Strain is full of praise for the Iroquois’ designer, Rod McAlpine-Downey. “He was years ahead of his time,” he says.

For the Road and Ramps

Slipping in at the low end of the size spectrum comes the Eclipse from Com-Pac Yachts/The Hutchins Company, long a favorite builder of neat, compact cruisers. The Eclipse, 21 feet LOA, is a rare new model in its lineup. In a break from tradition for a firm that does much of its development work in-house, Hutchins sought input from naval architect Bruce Bingham. The move seems to have paid off. Bingham helped with the boat’s styling, contributing the plumb stem and a stretched-out waterline, making the most of the boat’s short length for both speed potential and interior volume.

While some folks will happily gunkhole in even smaller craft, the Eclipse, at just over 18 feet on deck, is about as large a boat as you’d want to trailer behind a midsize car but as small a one as will still accommodate civilized living. Making such tight quarters livable requires deliberate and careful design of every corner and component. Lift a cushion here, you reveal the galley sink; lift another, and there’s the stove; flip the countertop between them and set the stove into the braces on its underside, which is now on top.

Most of the Eclipse’s interior consists of cushioned horizontal surfaces, so the feeling is reminiscent of being in a playpen. While there’s ample room for sprawling or sitting comfortably, thanks to the centerboard trunk being under the sole, headroom is elusive. If you want to stretch your legs, stand in the hatch. But it’s really cozy in the cabin, and I can envisage being tucked up a shallow creek and burrowing into a good book while gentle rain patters on the deck and an aromatic stew simmers on the stove.

When the clouds blow away, the Eclipse is ready for action, which it takes seriously. The rudder kicks down, and the centerboard drops out of the shallow molded keel to a weatherly draft of 5 feet 2 inches. The boat has a very flat bottom and soft chines that carry the waterline beam well outboard for added stability. The mainsheet is raised above the cockpit on a stainless-steel arch, which also serves as an attachment point for a bimini, as boom gallows, and as mast support for trailering. The mainsheet leads forward along the boom, then back to the cockpit to a cleat on the cabin top. An optional outboard motor can be mounted on a transom bracket, while the gas tank stows neatly away in the starboard cockpit locker.

Taking its cue from the big charter boats, the Eclipse’s open transom provides easy access from cockpit to creek and easy egress up a fold-down stainless-steel ladder.

The transition from sailer to trailer is simple and can be accomplished singlehandedly, if necessary. Key to that is the trademarked Mastendr system, which includes a pinned mast hinge just above the furled mainsail, quick-release levers for de-tensioning standing rigging, and a stainless-steel gin pole that provides the lever for lowering the spar. Once it’s resting on the stern arch, the mast can be unpinned from its hinge and slid forward to balance the overhangs on the trailer.

Even as access to the water becomes more scarce for larger boats, ramps still provide a way in for boats on wheels, and those boats are usually of light enough draft that they can sail in the less deep and less crowded waters. Looking at this Eclipse, the light of this approach is almost blinding.

Fair and Fast

While the Eclipse is unabashedly small, the Etap 24i has pretensions to sailing in a bigger pond with bigger fishes. With the standard 4-foot-11-inch keel, the boat is European Union certified for Category B.

Like all the Etaps, it’s unsinkable, which means the unthinkable won’t happen even if the big pond turns nasty or things go terribly wrong. However, the 24i approaches the business of sailing with considerable pluck and instills confidence that it can handle boisterous conditions. It’s the kind of vessel in which British or French sailors would cheerfully cross the English Channel on a weekend.

For those who sail in Category C waters on this side of the Atlantic, the Etap 24i has another great advantage: Its optional tandem keel draws less than 3 feet while it still helps the boat sail well to windward, making the vessel doubly attractive to sailors in shallow-water venues. On our afternoon outing on Chesapeake Bay, in a gentle fall breeze, we sailed five miles closehauled from the Eastern Shore root of the Bay Bridge to the Severn River, posed there for the photographer, and reached back all in well under three hours. The Etap 24i evidently has the legs for serious coastal cruising.

The crew’s body weight is important trimming ballast on a small cruiser like the Etap 24i. Using the tiller extension and sitting on the artfully angled cockpit coaming not only gives you better visibility and more comfort but it also puts you farther out on the rail to give the boat more power. The twin rudders have plenty of bite and permit the outboard to be mounted on centerline. An inboard 10-horsepower Yanmar with a saildrive is a good option if you’re concerned about weight distribution or your aging back’s capacity for handling a hefty four-stroke on the stern.

Belowdecks, too, the 24i reveals big-boat aspirations–a plumbed-in toilet and holding tank suggest it’ll go beyond a portapotti’s operating radius. It also has a stainless-steel sink and surround for the two-burner Origo alcohol stove. The forward cabin can be closed off, though that might make it a little claustrophobic and a little too intimate with the head. The saloon has a lot of cushioned areas, and removable backrests convert the settees into real berths.

Abovedecks, the emphasis Etap places on thoughtful design is evident in the simple sweeping transition from coachroof to cockpit coaming and in the aluminum toerail extrusion. Another clever detail is the removable mainsheet traveler that opens the cockpit for more après-voile leisure space.

With its beam a smidgen under 8 feet 3 inches, the Etap 24i is legally trailerable, which expands your cruising options from Category C to category lake, or river.

The Hunter in the Pack

Even if you can’t have–or don’t want–a big boat, you can have big-boat stuff. At least that’s the message Hunter Marine is sending with the new Hunter 27, especially when it’s tricked out with the Deluxe Package.

Right down to the shore-power supply, the half-electric/half-butane two-burner stove, the microwave, and the 12-volt cooler that you load at home and stow in a specially built drawer in the galley, this boat is equally well equipped for life at the dock and for sorties to nearby cruising grounds.

The Hunter design team came up with a boat that fits the niche of a 27-foot sailboat for novices who want stability, ease of operation, and value. With leisure time being a rare commodity for most folks, a Category C venue is about as far as most will get on the spur of a moment before it’s time to head back. The Hunter provides a means to enjoy such moments in comfort.

For anyone whose experience in 27-footers is determined by boats like the Bristol 27 of the 1960s–me, for one–the Hunter 27 offers a new yardstick. Thanks to its plumb stem, long waterline, broad beam, and high freeboard, there’s elbow room everywhere the older boats lack it: in the V-berth (in this layout, essentially an extension of the saloon), the saloon (with comfortable seating for at least six around a central table), the head (complete with shower), and the galley. In addition, the Hunter provides an aft cabin complete with a hanging locker, a seat, and a huge athwartships berth under the cockpit–all wrapped into a package with crisp and attractive lines.

An inboard engine, a 9-horsepower Yanmar, is standard, and access to it is generous, particularly from the front: The companionway steps hinge up, their weight taken by gas struts, to reveal most of the maintenance points and a water heater for the shower.

The Hunter 27 is also quite nicely equipped for sailing. The mainsheet is double-ended–one end with a 3:1 purchase for quick trimming, and the other with a 6:1 ratio for fine-tuning–and the cockpit is laid out for easy singlehanding. The standard rig is a fractional B&R arrangement with optional in-mast furling.

Another big-boat feature is the wheel steering. At 27 feet, the boat is at the margin between the practicality of a tiller and the comfort of a wheel, but Hunter insists the market has embraced wheel steering, so a wheel it is. The optional Lewmar folding wheel further improves access to the walk-through transom, but it’s pushed so far aft to open up the cockpit that the stern lifeline interferes with the helm seat. As on all Hunters, back-seat drivers can second-guess the skipper from perches in the corner pushpits, but they’d better not be too critical, as guest spots on this boat will be easy to fill.

Given the trend among builders in recent years to bring out ever bigger boats, it’s encouraging to know that the market for pocket cruisers remains vibrant enough to produce such a variety of practical, fun, and versatile craft.

Jeremy McGeary is Cruising World’s senior editor.

Com-Pac Eclipse

LOA 18′ 5″ (5.61 m.) LWL 18′ 1″ (5.51 m.) Beam 7′ 4″ (2.23 m.) Draft 1′ 6″ /5′ 2″ (.46/1.57 m.) Sail Area(100%) 200 sq. ft. (18.6 sq. m.) Ballast 700 lb. (318 kg.) Displacement 2,200 lb. (1,000 kg.) Water 5 gal. (19 l.) Fuel 6.5 gal. in portable tank (25 l.) Engine Outboard (optional) Designer Com-Pac Yachts Price $23,000

Com-Pac Yachts (727) 443-4408 www.com-pacyachts.com

LOA 23′ 11″ (7.30 m.) LWL 22′ 0″ (6.71 m.) Beam 8′ 2″ (2.50 m.) Draft (Standard/tandem keel) 4′ 11″/2′ 9″ (1.5/.85 m.) Sail Area(100%) 277 sq. ft. (25.6 sq. m.) Ballast (Standard/tandem keel) 1,100/1,144 lb. (500/520 kg.) Displacement (Standard/tandem keel) 3,960/4,004 lb. (1,800/1,820 kg.) Water 13.15 gal. (50 l.) Fuel Optional; 8 gal. (30 l.) Engine 10-hp. Yanmar inboard diesel (optional) or outboard Designer Marc-Oliver von Ahlen, Etap Yachting N.V. Price $60,000

Etap USA (866) 382-7872 www.etap-usa.com

LOA 27′ 4″ (8.33 m.) LWL 23′ 7″ (7.19 m.) Beam 9′ 11″ (3.02 m) Draft (Shoal/deep) 3′ 5″/5′ 0″ (1.04/1.52 m.) Sail Area(100%) 298 sq. ft. (27.6 sq. m.) Ballast (Shoal/deep) 2,052/1,901 lb. (930/861 kg.) Displacement (Shoal/deep) 7,656/7,505 lb. (3,480/3,411 kg.) Water 20 gal. (76 l.) Fuel 15 gal. (57 l.) Engine Yanmar 9 hp. (base); 18 hp. (deluxe) Designer Glenn Henderson and Hunter Marine Design Team Price $51,000 (base), $57,000 (deluxe)

Hunter Marine Corporation (386) 462-3077 www.huntermarine.com

LOA 32′ 0″ (9.75 m.) LWL 31′ 6″ (9.60 m.) Beam 16′ 0″ (4.88 m.) Draft (Board up/down) 1′ 6″/5′ 0″ (.46/1.52 m.) Sail Area(100%) 417 sq. ft. (38.8 sq. m.) Ballast NA Displacement 4,800 lb. (2,182 kg.) Water 35 gal. (133 l.) Fuel 24 gal. (91 l.) Engine Two Yamaha 9.9-hp. four-stroke outboards Designer Ted Strain Price $130,000

TomCat Boats (905) 584-1236 www.tomcatboats.com

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Review of Etap 24i

Basic specs..

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.85 - 0.95 meter (2.79 - 3.09 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Etap 24i is typically equipped with an engine.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Etap 24i is 2.16, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.3 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Etap 24i is about 112 kg/cm, alternatively 629 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 112 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 629 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

Maintenance

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 17m 2 (182 ft 2 ). Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

This section shown boat owner's changes, improvements, etc. Here you might find inspiration for your boat.

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The Etap 24i is a 26.31ft fractional sloop designed by M.O. von Ahlen and built in fiberglass by Etap Yachting since 1999.

The Etap 24i is a light sailboat which is a high performer. It is reasonably stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat.

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Sold : Very nice Etap 24i built in 2000 and well-maintained by her 1st Owner. The Etap Yachting design has smart and innovative features. The double hull with foam core makes the Etap 24i unsinkable. Fitted with a shoal depth tandemkeel means you can sail this pocket cruiser almost anywhere on inland waters. The tandemkeel provides sufficient lift, thus ensuring the excellent sailing characteristics and also makes it possible to transport the Etap over the road on a trailer. The double rudders flanking the outboard engine, are canted outside providing optimal steering control.

All sheets and halyards are led aft to the cockpit to 10 stoppers and 2x Lewmar 16 ST winches. The mainsheet traveler can be removed from the cockpit easily and exchanged for the table from the cabin after you’re done sailing. Under the cockpit is a large storage area that is both accessible through the cockpit floor as well as from the cabin. This Etap 24i is equipped with a mast lowering installation and the mast is currently in the storage facility of the marina. The interior is kept light by using of beech veneer paneling and has a stylish design. The forecabin has a comfortable V-bed, plus there are 2 single settee berths in the main cabin. These settee berths can be widened by using the back cushions. There’s a handy flip-up countertop that bridges the gap between stove and sink. The forecabin door also closes off the Heads, where a Porta Potti can be placed.

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ETAP 24 i Owner's Manual

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Table of Contents

• Important Notice
• General Data
• Hull Identification Number (HIN)
• Design Category B, C
• Maximum Load Recommended
• Technical Specifications
• Weights-Displacement
• Tank Contents
• Standard Sailplan Diagram
• Sail Dimensions
• Standard Sailplan
• Furling Genoa Sailplan
• Propulsion - Diagrams
• Standing Rigging Standard Diagram
• Standing Rigging with Furling Genoa Diagram
• Construction Standing Rigging
• Construction Running Rigging
• General Arrangement Diagram
• General Arrangement
• General Arrangement - Interior Diagram
• General Arrangement - Interior
• Engine Installation Diagram
• Engine Installation
• Outboard Motor (Optional)
• Inboard Diesel Engine Diagram
• Inboard Diesel Engine (Option)
• Manoeuvring with Motor Diagram
• Manoeuvring with Motor
• Steering System Diagram
• Steering Systems
• Freshwater System Diagram
• Water Supply and Sanitary Systems
• Freshwater System
• Toilet Diagram
• Waste Water Unit Diagram
• Function of the Waste Water Unit
• Bilge System Diagram
• Bilge System
• Electrical System Diagram
• Electrical System
• Electrical System: Recommendations
• Shore Connection 230 V AC
• Electrical Diagram
• Switch Panels Diagram
• Switch Panel 12 V
• Switch Panel Shore Power 230 V (Option)
• Navigation Lighting Diagram
• Navigation Lighting
• 12 V Battery Diagram
• 12 V Battery
• Navigation Instruments Diagram
• Position of the Electrical Cable Conduits Diagram
• Cooking Unit Diagram
• Ventilation Diagram
• Ground Tackle Diagram
• Location of the Owner's Manual Diagram
• Dangers, Warnings and Safety Measures
• Escape Options Diagram
• Fire Extinguishing Facilities Diagram
• Fire Extinguishing Facilities (Option)
• Safety and Lifesaving Equipment Diagram
• Owner's or Captain's Responsibility
• Safety and Lifesaving Equipment List
• Launching Diagram
• Launching with Crane
• To Haul out
• Mast Assembly Diagram
• Striking the Mast
• Mast Assembly
• Basictrim for 7/8 Rigged Mast
• Boom + Kicking Strap Diagram
• Mainsail Sheet Diagram
• Preparing to Sail Diagram
• Preparing to Sail
• Hoisting the Sails
• Operating the Sails Diagram
• Operating the Sails
• Reefing Mainsail Diagram
• Reefing (Reducing Sail) Mainsail (1St Reef, Blue Line on Starboard Side)
• Reefing (Reducing Sail) Mainsail (2Nd Reef, Red Line on Port Side)
• Reefing (Reducing Sail) Genoa Furling (Optional)
• Sailing with Asymmetrical Spinnaker Diagram
• Sailing with Asymmetrical Spinnaker (Optional)
• Cleaning Sails
• Maintenance of the Sails
• Maintenance Diagram
• Maintenance and Repairs
• Maintenance During the Yachting Season
• Winter Storage and Work in Spring Time
• Preparing for Winter Storage
• Electrical System During Winter Storage
• Folded Life-Raft
• Life Jackets
• Work in Winter and Spring Time]
• Spring Inspection List of the Shipyard
• Nature and the Environment
• Oil and Lubricating Grease
• Paint and Cleaning Agents

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The unique sailing yachts of Etap Yachting are made in the Belgian town Lokkeren. Beside sailing yachts, Etap Yachting also builds motor yachts. The yacht yard promises to deliver well-insulated boats with a good structure. Etap boats are also said to keep a high value when sold after own use.

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ABOUT ETAP YACHTING ETAP 24 I

The Etap Yachting ETAP 24 I is a 24 feet long that boasts a 8.2 feet beam. This 2003 diesel Etap Yachting ETAP 24 I, with 10 horsepower. The Etap Yachting ETAP 24 I as well as being equipped with autopilot, depth instrument, gps, speed instrument, vhf.

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History of Etap Yachts

Etap Yachts was a leading boat manufacturer that had been making waves in the boating industry since 1954. At the time, its founding brothers, Jan and Frans Van den Eynde, based their business in Zwijndrecht, Belgium. The brand had become one of the most respected and renowned names in boating worldwide.

Etap was at the forefront of the industry when they introduced the first foam sandwich hull. Boaters around the world still appreciate the performance and quality of Etap yachts, and the company had maintained its market-leading manufacturing standards over the decades. It was reported that the company had ceased operations in 2012.

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