2010 Custom Island Trader
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LOCATION: Victoria BC
M.V. "Vagrant Sea" — Custom Welded Aluminum 30 Trawler | Victoria, BC
Built tough in British Columbia and finished in aluminum to a Chesapeake Marine Design, Vagrant Sea is the kind of boat that goes anywhere the Pacific Northwest can throw at her and asks for very little in return. Five watertight bulkheads, a full-beam welded swim deck, and a hull that shrugs off the rocks and logs that make fiberglass owners nervous.
This is a purpose-built coastal cruiser for someone who wants to actually use their boat. Her current owner bought her in 2016 and has poured steady, thoughtful work into her ever since. The bare hull was reinspected, rewelded, and strengthened where needed, and the systems were brought up to a standard that shows in every photo. Drop the lines in Sidney and you are a short hop from the Gulf Islands and the San Juans, with the range and seakeeping to push north to Desolation Sound when the season opens up.
Power is a 2010 Isuzu 70 HP diesel turning a three blade stainless prop through a ZF Hurth direct drive, with just under 400 hours showing. She is keel cooled, which means no raw water heat exchanger to service and no strainer to clean, a genuinely lower maintenance setup that suits a boat meant for long, quiet days at trawler speed. Figure a comfortable 5 knot cruise with 7 on tap, sipping fuel from 200 gallons of diesel capacity. That is real multi-week range for Inside Passage style cruising.
Up in the pilothouse is where the owner's attention really shows. Single station helm with full instrumentation, hydraulic SeaStar steering, and a clean electronics suite including Furuno GPS and radar, ComNav compass, Raymarine autopilot, VHF, and depth sounder. The cozy mermaid corner makes the pilothouse a place you actually want to spend the day. A Vetus bow thruster added in 2021, complete with a helm remote, makes solo and short-handed docking genuinely easy.
| Type: | Powerboat |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2010 |
| Make: | Custom |
| Model: | Island Trader |
| Length: | 30' |
| Status: | For Sale |
| Price: | $129,999 CAD |
| Location: | Victoria BC |
| Date Posted: | 2026-05-28 |
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PLEASE CONTACT ALEXANDER LANGLEY - VANCOUVER ISLAND - 1-833-829-2248 EXTENSION 3005
M.V. "Vagrant Sea" — Custom Welded Aluminum 30 Trawler | Victoria, BC
Built tough in British Columbia and finished in aluminum to a Chesapeake Marine Design, Vagrant Sea is the kind of boat that goes anywhere the Pacific Northwest can throw at her and asks for very little in return. Five watertight bulkheads, a full-beam welded swim deck, and a hull that shrugs off the rocks and logs that make fiberglass owners nervous.
This is a purpose-built coastal cruiser for someone who wants to actually use their boat. Her current owner bought her in 2016 and has poured steady, thoughtful work into her ever since. The bare hull was reinspected, rewelded, and strengthened where needed, and the systems were brought up to a standard that shows in every photo. Drop the lines in Sidney and you are a short hop from the Gulf Islands and the San Juans, with the range and seakeeping to push north to Desolation Sound when the season opens up.
Power is a 2010 Isuzu 70 HP diesel turning a three blade stainless prop through a ZF Hurth direct drive, with just under 400 hours showing. She is keel cooled, which means no raw water heat exchanger to service and no strainer to clean, a genuinely lower maintenance setup that suits a boat meant for long, quiet days at trawler speed. Figure a comfortable 5 knot cruise with 7 on tap, sipping fuel from 200 gallons of diesel capacity. That is real multi-week range for Inside Passage style cruising.
Up in the pilothouse is where the owner's attention really shows. Single station helm with full instrumentation, hydraulic SeaStar steering, and a clean electronics suite including Furuno GPS and radar, ComNav compass, Raymarine autopilot, VHF, and depth sounder. The cozy mermaid corner makes the pilothouse a place you actually want to spend the day. A Vetus bow thruster added in 2021, complete with a helm remote, makes solo and short-handed docking genuinely easy.
Dimensions
LOA: 30'
Beam: 10'
Draft: 3'
Displacement: 14,000 lbs
Ballast: 2,000 lbs
Tankage (US gallons)
Fuel: 200 gal
Water: 40 gal
Holding: 100 gal
Hot water: 6 gal (Kuuma)
Engine and Running Gear
Isuzu 4JG1, 70 HP diesel
Hours: 380
Keel cooling, dry stack exhaust
Transmission: ZF Hurth ZF25
Prop: 23" x 16" three-blade stainless
Prop shaft: 2"
Steering: hydraulic, single SeaStar helm
Cruising speed: 5 knots (7 knots top)
Electrical
Vetus bow thruster with helm remote (2021)
105 amp alternator
House and engine bank: four 6V (2022)
Bow thruster: one 12V (2021)
TrueCharge 10 battery charger
30 amp shore power
Electronics and Navigation
GPS: Furuno GP-36 and Garmin GPSmap 546
Autopilot: Raymarine
Radar: Furuno LS4100
Depth sounder: LS4000
VHF: Uniden UM525
Compass: ComNav
Stereo: West Marine Bluetooth with speakers
International Rule navigation lights
Spotlight: Jabsco with helm remote
Ground Tackle
Windlass: manual
Anchor: Danforth 10 kg galvanized, two spares
Chain: 3/8" galvanized, approx 80 ft
Rode: 1" braided nylon, approx 100 ft
Bilge and Thru-Hulls
Three 1500 GPH bilge pumps (forward, midship, cockpit)
Three stainless seacocks below waterline
New anodes Spring 2026
New Bottom Paint Spring 2026
Deck and Exterior
Full-beam welded aluminum swim deck
Custom aluminum davit
Folding mast for bridge clearance
Portable propane BBQ
Welded aluminum railings with double lifelines
Bow Accommodations
Forward master V-berth
Two bunks
Access to engine room
Pilothouse
Stern and bow doors
Port settee with table
Center captain's chair
Mermaid corner
Cabin lighting
Galley and Head
Nova Kool refrigerator/freezer
Stainless sink, pressurized hot and cold
Standup shower, pressurized hot and cold
Jabsco manual head to port
Heating: three 12VDC bus heaters
PLEASE CONTACT ALEXANDER LANGLEY - VANCOUVER ISLAND - 1-833-829-2248 EXTENSION 3005
Disclaimer: The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct their agents, or their surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.