BoatsTrapper 950

Trapper 950

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1980

An IOR Half Ton racer that began as the prototype Roller Coaster and was later produced as the Mistral 31

Designed by Robert Humphries & Rob Humphreys.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 16
CoastalBluewater

2.25 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.25
LightHeavy

201 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 201
EasygoingPowered-up

21.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.6

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2632 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.6
Displacement / length
201.2
Comfort ratio
16.2
Capsize screening
2.25
Hull speed
6.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
864
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1980
Designer
Robert Humphries, Rob Humphreys
Builder
Trapper Yachts. Ltd, Anstey Yachts Ltd

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Half-tonners at Grimsøy2:18from SEILmagasinet
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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Trapper 300A Bruce Kirby-designed quarter-ton racer prototype that evolved into a versatile production cruiser with 180 builtTrapper 42An Andrea Vallicelli-designed masthead sloop, also marketed as the Show 42, featuring a performance-oriented fin keelTrapper 500/501A Rob Ball-designed masthead sloop sharing the proven hull lines of the C&C 27 MKI for balanced performanceTrapper T250An Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built as the fixed-keel T250Trapper TS240An Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a lifting keel, derived from the Starflash for versatile performanceTrapper T250SAn Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel, notable as a rare, single-example variant of the Starflash

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