Used ETAP 20 Sailboats for Sale

The ETAP 20, introduced in 1975, represents the foundational logic of Belgian builder Etap Yachting: the marriage of trailerable convenience with a safety margin rarely seen in micro-cruisers. Designed by the prolific E.G. van de Stadt, this 6.05-meter (19.8-foot) vessel was engineered to be "unsinkable," a feat achieved through a double-skin fiberglass construction with the void filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam. This method not only provides enough reserve buoyancy to keep the boat and a full crew afloat even when swamped but also offers thermal and acoustic insulation that makes the ETAP 20 a more capable coastal hopper than its diminutive size suggests. During its production run through the mid-1980s, the model became a staple of European lakes and coastal waters, appealing to sailors who demanded a robust build quality typically reserved for much larger yachts.