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A few other things about Etaps.
They tend to have a bit less interior volume, compared to other boats in the same size range, since the hull is considerably thicker than that of a standard boat.
One reason the Etaps seem to hold their resale value well is due to the extremely rigid hull that their construction gives them.
Essentially, the Etap can be described as either a double hulled boat, with foam between the hulls or a very thick cored hull—depending on how you want to look at it.
The exterior skin on an Etap hull is almost as thick as the hull on a standard solid fiberglass hull from what I've been told. Needless to say, the Etaps tend to be a bit heavier than some comparably sized boats of similar design.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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