ETAP 35I Buyer's Guide
The ETAP 35i is a Belgian cruiser built by ETAP Yachting from 1992, a 34.8-foot fractional sloop whose foam-sandwich hull made her unsinkable by construction. On the brokerage market she presents as a mature design with a stable ownership profile and a clear set of factory and owner-fitted equipment patterns worth understanding before you inspect.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every 35i shares the same core plan: a double V-berth forward with its own sink, two straight settees in the main saloon, an L-shaped galley to port just forward of the companionway, and a navigation station opposite with the head aft to starboard. The listed aft double berth on the port quarter is the one variable to verify in person — period reviewers describe it as no more than a giant locker rather than true sleeping space, so judge it as storage. The reverse transom with boarding steps and the wheel-steered spade rudder are consistent across the fleet.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats you will see are commonly fitted with an autopilot, chartplotter, inverter, radar, AIS, solar, lithium batteries, an asymmetric spinnaker, hot water, a swim platform, and an EPIRB — a modern navigation and safety suite that means less urgent upgrading for the buyer. Often-seen additions include a gennaker or spinnaker for downwind work, a bimini and cockpit shower for comfort, a life raft, and a short-handed setup that simplifies sail handling for a couple. Focus your survey on the energy cluster (lithium and solar) and the sail-handling cluster (asymmetric or gennaker on a short-handed rig), since those define how the boat is actually sailed today.
What to Inspect
The unsinkability is inherent to the construction rather than a system to fail, and the only accommodation caveat is the aft "cabin," which should be inspected as a locker and not counted toward berths. Verify the Volvo Penta 28 hp diesel and its 28-gallon fuel system for docking reliability, and confirm the 74-gallon fresh-water tank and L-shaped three-burner galley are intact, as these are the daily-use load-bearing items.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the 35i are Portugal, Greece, Spain, Germany, and France. For a shopper, the practical checklist is brief: confirm the foam core shows no ingress at deck penetrations, treat the aft quarter as storage not a cabin, validate the lithium-solar energy cluster and short-handed sail plan, and check the Volvo Penta and tankage. A clean example in those regions is a low-condensation, unsinkable cruiser with a real six-berth main plan and a thoughtful, seaworthy hull.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the ETAP 35I. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 4 | $53,616 | — |
| Feb 26 | 2 | $66,437 | +23.9% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $58,103 | -12.5% |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $64,106 | +10.3% |
| May 26 | 1 | $58,103 | -9.4% |
Where they're listed
ETAP 35I listings appear across 5 countries. Portugal has the most listings with 4 (40.0%), followed by Spain and Greece.
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Island Packet 35 | 35.33' | $ 74,900 | 62 | 24 |
| Moody 35 | 34.5' | $ 65,266 | 25 | 3 |
| ETAP 30I | 29.33' | $ 43,002 | 22 | 5 |
| ETAP 37s | 36.94' | $ 113,059 | 21 | 9 |
| Nauticat 35 | 34.92' | $ 105,275 | 18 | 2 |
| Nordship 35 | 34.45' | $ 138,701 | 15 | 2 |
| Hinterhoeller Niagara 35 | 35' | $ 25,000 | 14 | 4 |
| ETAP 38i | 37.96' | $ 46,175 | 12 | 0 |
| ETAP 32S | 32.25' | $ 59,385 | 12 | 4 |
| ETAP 35IYou are here | — | $ 61,104 | 10 | 0 |