BoatsTrapper T250

Trapper T250

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

An Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built as the fixed-keel T250

Designed by Ed Dubois.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
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 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.

  • Lighter than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1563 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
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
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1980
Designer
Ed Dubois
Builder
Trapper Yachts. Ltd, Anstey Yachts Ltd

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The family

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

Trapper T250SAn Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel, notable as a rare, single-example variant of the StarflashTrapper TS240An Ed Dubois-designed fractional sloop with a lifting keel, derived from the Starflash for versatile performanceTrapper 300A Bruce Kirby-designed quarter-ton racer prototype that evolved into a versatile production cruiser with 180 builtTrapper 950An IOR Half Ton racer that began as the prototype Roller Coaster and was later produced as the Mistral 31Trapper 500/501A Rob Ball-designed masthead sloop sharing the proven hull lines of the C&C 27 MKI for balanced performance

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