ETAP 26

ETAP 26

Development
Designer	E. G. van de Stadt
Location	Belgium
Year	1982
No. built	500
Builder(s)	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(s)	internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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 rigged sloop
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)
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The ETAP 26 is a Belgian trailerable sailboat that was designed by E. G. van de Stadt as a cruiser and first built in 1982. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Production

The design was built by ETAP Yachting in Belgium between 1982 and 1989, with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Design

The ETAP 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, plumb transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a lifting 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 a trailer. ^[1]

The boat is fitted with an inboard engine with a saildrive 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 settee quarter berths in the main cabin with a drop-leaf table that allows one to be converted to a double berth. 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, an icebox and a sink. A navigation station is amidships, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin. ^{[1] [3] [5]}

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a spinnaker. ^{[1] [3]}

The design has a hull speed of 6.24 kn (11.56 km/h). ^[3]

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ETAP Owners Association. ^[6]

A 2009 review in Yachting 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]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "ETAP 26 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "E. G. Van de Stadt 1910 - 1999". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "ETAP 26". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
4. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Etap Yachting". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. "Etap 26". Yachting Monthly. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
6. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Etap Owners Association". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

• Photo of an ETAP 26