BoatsTrapper TS240

Trapper TS240

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1980

An Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a lifting keel, derived from the Starflash for versatile performance

Designed by Ed Dubois.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Ramp-launchableAbout 1,179 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.41 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.67 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.67
LightHeavy

157 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 157
EasygoingPowered-up

22.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.3
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 604 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.3
Displacement / length
156.5
Comfort ratio
9.9
Capsize screening
2.67
Hull speed
5.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
640
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1980
Designer
Ed Dubois
Builder
Trapper Yachts. Ltd, Anstey Yachts Ltd

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The family

Related models

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