TRAPPER 500

Remarks :
This Trapper 500 has been in the same ownership for 20 years and has been maintained to a high standard, she boasts a Yanmar 2GM engine which was new in 2004 and regularly maintained. She has had a new mainsail from 2021 which has very little use due to the pandemic.

Owners Remarks:
I have sailed Riff Raff very enjoyably and comfortably, mostly day sailing from Plymouth with some weekends and weeks cruising on the South coast between Brixham and Falmouth. For her size, I found her a nippy sailor and seaworthy - though never tested in heavy weather.


Accommodation :
Sleeps six in one cabin & the saloon
Double V berth in the forward cabin
Amidships heads with sea water toilet
Saloon with portside C-shaped seating & starboard settee seating
Saloon table converts to a double berth to port
Single berth with trotter box to starboard
Aft portside quarter berth
Galley to starboard
Chart table to port

Forward Cabin:
Double V berth with infill
Under berth stowage
Shelves to port & starboard
Deck hatch

Heads:
Amidships heads, between the forward cabin & the saloon
Manual sea water toilet
Plenty of lockers on either side of the heads 

Saloon: 
Saloon with portside C-shaped seating & starboard settee seating
Saloon table converts to a double berth to port
Single berth with trotter box to starboard
Behind & under berth stowage
Cupboard storage above seating areas
Coach roof windows

Galley:
L-shaped galley to starboard
Double stainless steel sinks
Toploading coolbox
Two burner Flavel Vanessa 2 burner gas hob grill & oven
Plenty of cupboard storage throughout the galley

Chart Table:
Aft facing, sliding full-size chart table
Seating doubles up as a single aft quarter berth
Inventory :
Navigation Aids:
Garmin GPS 128
Raymarine ST60 tridata
Navico RT 6500S, VHF radio
Contest steering compass 

Ground Tackle:
7.5kg Bruce anchor
25lbs CQR kedge anchor
30-meter chain
15+ meter warp
Stainless steel bow roller 

Deck Gear: 
2 x Harken 16, two-speed, self-tailing sheet winches
2 x Gibb sheet winches
4 x rope clutches
Stainless steel pulpit & pushpit
Aluminium toerail & stanchions
Aluminium mooring cleats & forward fairleads 
Mainsheet traveller
Genoa tracks with adjustable cars
Stainless steel boarding ladder
Outboard bracket
Teak cockpit locker lids

Safety Equipment:
All Safety equipment listed is included in the sale but the vendor offers no warranties
The purchaser must service the safety equipment and ensure that it is appropriate for their purposes and check expiry and service dates on all items. Expiry and service dates cannot be guaranteed!
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Lifejackets
Lifelines
Webbing jackstays
Radar reflector
Anchor ball & motoring cone
Manual bilge pump 
Navigation, steaming & anchor light
Fire blanket
Fire extinguishers

Equipment: 
Canvas boom cover
Zodiac Cadet Fastroller 240 inflatable dinghy
Yamaha 3hp, 2-stroke outboard engine 
Bousons chair
Gybe preventor
Various warps & fenders
Boathook
MoorFast mooring pick-up pole/hook
Ships clock & barometer
Mechanical :
Construction:
Built in 1980 by Trapper Yachts
Designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian
GRP hull deck & superstructure 
Fin keel
Tiller steering
Spade rudder

Mechanics:
Yanmar 2YM 14hp diesel engine (NEW IN 2004)
Fuel consumption approx 1.5lph at 2500rpm  
Single lever morse control
Shaft driven
Cutlass bearing replaced 2018
3 blade fixed pitch bronze propellor 

Electrics:
2 x 12v, 80ah batteries
Charging from 80 amp engine alternator

Tankage:
Fuel capacity 20 litres

Rigging:
Aluminium Proctor spars
Single spreader rig
Stainless steel standing rigging (REPLACED 2002)
Roller boom furling system
furling
Whisker & spinnaker pole

Sails:
Mainsail by Watts Sails (NEW 2021)
No 1 genoa by Westaway Sails
No 2 Yankee by Osen Sails (NEW 2003 very good condition)
No 3 working jib
Storm jib
Spinnaker by Westaway Sails (hardly used & still crisp)