The ETAP 23i is a Belgian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Jacques de Ridder as a cruiser and first built in 1982.
[1][3] The design was built by ETAP Yachting in Belgium between 1982 and 1994, with 700 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
[1][3][4] The ETAP 23i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.
It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a lifting keel.
[1][3] The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the ETAP Owners Association.