Trapper 950 Buyer's Guide
The Trapper 950 on the used market is a 31-foot Humphreys-designed sloop built by Trapper Yachts from 1980, with a solid fibreglass hull and an iron fin keel beneath a fractional rig. She traces to the designer's Mistral 31 half-ton racer, and that racing root shows in her light 6,000-pound displacement and 23.7-foot waterline. For a shopper, she represents a compact cruiser-racer whose documented specifics are mostly external and structural rather than interior or equipment-heavy.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 950 was offered with different keel alternatives, and the fin-keel version draws between 5.18 and 5.48 feet depending on load, which keeps her accessible to most marina berths. Her length-to-beam ratio of 3.04 and wetted surface near 322 square feet describe a narrow, low-drag hull rather than a voluminous coastal barge. The available material does not itemize interior plans, so a buyer should treat cabin configuration as a view-per-hull question rather than a fixed model standard.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
No equipment brief accompanies the model record, so upgrades vary by owner. The rig specifications that do survive are useful for a buyer checking running gear: the jib and genoa sheets are estimated at 31.2 feet and 1/2 inch, the mainsheet at 77.9 feet, and the spinnaker sheets at 68.6 feet, all 1/2 inch diameter anchor. Those figures define what a correct control-line replacement looks like and hint at a lightly loaded cockpit setup suited to short-handed sailing rather than heavy offshore work.
What to Inspect
The iron fin keel is the one component with a material note worth a surveyor's attention, since iron keels on fibreglass hulls of this era merit a close look for bonding and joint condition. A standard hull-and-rig survey remains the practical baseline.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The buyer checklist is short and grounded:
- Confirm keel type — fin or alternative — and measure actual draft
- Survey the iron keel-to-hull joint and bonding
- Verify sheet lengths and diameters against the 1/2-inch control standard
- Treat interior layout as per-example, not model-standard
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Trapper 950. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | 1 | $1,705 | — |
Where they're listed
Trapper 950 listings appear across 1 country. Ireland has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | $1,705 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
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