[1][2][5][6] The ETAP 30i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester glassfibre-foam cored sandwich, with wood trim.
The hull has a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin, weighted bulb keel.
[1][2] The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo diesel engine of 18 hp (13 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.
The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, a 17.2 U.S. gallons (65 L; 14.3 imp gal) ice box and a sink.
[7] In a 2009 Yachting Monthly review stated, "the boat is stiff and sea-kindly under sail, well-suited to short-handed or family cruising, but the standard rig, which features a non-overlapping, self-tacking headsail, leaves her decidedly undercanvassed in light to moderate winds.