Unsinkability - The safest yachts in the world...

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When ETAP Yachting began developing and producing sailing yachts in 1970, their aim was to build the safest sailing yachts in the world.

Besides selecting superb materials and paying close attention to ergonomics, ETAP Yachting felt it imperative that ETAP yachts should be made unsinkable. The crews who entrusted themselves to our yachts had to be sure of a safe voyage, even if their boat took in water.

 

How?

ETAP Yachting decided on a unique, technically refined construction method known as the ETAP ship-in-ship construction. In the ETAP ship-in-ship construction, the deck and hull are double-skinned. The hollow space between the two decks and two hulls is filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam. The closed cell structure is almost entirely non-absorbent and gives the boat sufficient buoyancy. Even if your ETAP yacht does spring a leak, it will remain stable and afloat, with enough freeboard for you and your crew.

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The French Merchant Marine certified ETAP20 as following: 

Licensed Merchant Marine in 4 ° cat. (20 miles ca.37km from a *shelter)

under the number 1645., Certificate of unsinkability CNSNP 116/28., Gauge type no. 2766 2.48 1.

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Many advantages

Over the years, Etap have continued to refine the ETAP ship-in-ship principle, which offers you a host of advantages:

• Thanks to the unsinkability guarantee, you know that your ETAP boat will stay afloat. You will never need to abandon ship; you can calmly tackle any technical problems and sail safely to the nearest port

• The double-mould construction method also offers highly efficient thermal and acoustic insulation. ETAP boats are practically condensation-free, giving your crew and equipment a much more pleasant environment than on other boats

• The double-skinned deck and hull mean a more rigid, dimensionally stable structure