| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | E. G. van de Stadt |
| Location | Belgium |
| Year | 1982 |
| No. built | 500 |
| Builder | ETAP Yachting |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | ETAP 26 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 5,084 lb (2,306 kg) |
| Draft | 5.25 ft (1.60 m) with keel down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | glassfibre |
| LOA | 25.75 ft (7.85 m) |
| LWL | 21.65 ft (6.60 m) |
| Beam | 9.02 ft (2.75 m) |
| Engine type | inboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | lifting keel |
| Ballast | 1,568 lb (711 kg) |
| Rudder | internally-mounted spade-typerudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 29.36 ft (8.95 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.68 ft (2.95 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 29.20 ft (8.90 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.84 ft (3.00 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional riggedsloop |
| Mainsail area | 143.66 sq ft (13.346 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 142.10 sq ft (13.202 m2) |
| Total sail area | 285.77 sq ft (26.549 m2) |
ETAP 26i → | |
TheETAP 26 is aBelgiantrailerablesailboat that was designed byE. G. van de Stadt as acruiser and first built in 1982.[1][2][3]
The design was built byETAP Yachting inBelgium between 1982 and 1989, with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1][3][4]
The ETAP 26 is a recreationalkeelboat, built predominantly ofglassfibre, with wood trim. It has afractionalsloop rig, araked stem, plumbtransom, an internally mounted spade-typerudder controlled by atiller and alifting keel. It displaces 5,084 lb (2,306 kg) and carries 1,568 lb (711 kg) of ballast.[1][3]
The boat has a draft of 5.25 ft (1.60 m) with the lifting keel extended and 3.11 ft (0.95 m) with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on atrailer.[1]
The boat is fitted with aninboard engine with asaildrive for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 7 U.S. gallons (26 L; 5.8 imp gal).[1][3][5]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight setteequarter berths in the main cabin with adrop-leaf table that allows one to be converted to a double berth. Thegalley is located on the port side just forward of thecompanionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, anicebox and a sink. A navigation station is amidships, on the starboard side. Thehead is located just aft of the bow cabin.[1][3][5]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with aspinnaker.[1][3]
The design has ahull speed of 6.24 kn (11.56 km/h).[3]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club, theETAP Owners Association.[6]
A 2009 review inYachting Monthly stated, "the largest of the lifting-keel Etaps, launched in 1981, the 26 manages a proper heads compartment amidships and an inboard engine powering a saildrive. She is designed to right herself with the keel fully up, but many owners tend to sail with it permanently down, because the mechanism for lifting this large chunk of ballast manually requires a good 15 minutes of winch-grinding at the foot of the mast. Some 26s have an electric servo motor to relieve this burden. The deck-stepped 7/8 fractional rig has sweptback spreaders and an adjustable backstay. All sail controls are led back to the cockpit. She is fast and commendably stiff under sail, and goes well to windward with a tacking angle of 75-80°, but needs to be sailed fairly flat to avoid weather helm. She has an unusual cabin layout, dictated by the large lifting keel. The chart table is at the forward end of the saloon and the navigator is obliged to work sitting sideways-on. She has four sea-going berths, or potentially five at anchor: two straight settees in the saloon, one of which converts to a double, and a vee-berth in the forepeak."[5]
