This 2011 Chaparral 287 SSX is a 29 foot bow rider with a single Volvo Penta 8.1Gi V8 on a DuoProp sterndrive, showing 675 engine hours, kept in indoor rack storage at a marina in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The hull has never been bottom painted, recent exhaust work is visible in the engine compartment, and every speaker on the boat is new JL Audio.

SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE CAPTAIN: This boat is truly one of the cleanest and best running boats of this vintage.  It is exceptionally clean in the absolute sense, and far cleaner than many boats a decade newer.  And even better, the boat runs like it is new too!  All gauges and systems that were tested work with the exception of only the analog MPH gauge, but this is redundant to the GPS anyway.  You will no be disappointed on the showing.  

2011 CHAPARRAL 287 SSX CONDITION AND STORAGE

The 2011 Chaparral 287 SSX has lived indoors on a dry rack at a Tarpon Springs marina rather than in a wet slip. The bottom is original gelcoat and has never been painted, so there is no paint system for a new owner to strip or maintain. Upholstery, deck and helm are clean throughout, as the photos show. Everything on the boat works except the dash MPG gauge, covered under disclosures below.

VOLVO PENTA 8.1GI ENGINE AND DUOPROP DRIVE

Power on this 2011 Chaparral 287 SSX is a single Volvo Penta 8.1Gi gas V8 with a Volvo Penta DuoProp drive running twin counter rotating stainless props. The helm hour meter read 675 hours in November 2026. Exhaust work was recently completed and is obvious on inspection of the engine compartment; no receipts are available for it. A power engine hatch gives full access to the 8.1 for service. On the Sea Trial the ran great with a recorded top speed of 45.2 mph.

HELM, ELECTRONICS AND AUDIO

The Chaparral 287 SSX helm carries a Garmin GPSmap 541s chartplotter and sounder with depth and water temperature, a Garmin VHF radio, digital engine gauges, Lenco trim tabs with indicators, tilt steering and power steering. Switch panels cover docking lights, underwater lights, courtesy lights, navigation and anchor lights, windshield wiper and horn. A Clarion stereo runs the system from the helm with a second Clarion remote in the head, and all speakers have been replaced with new JL Audio marine speakers throughout the bow and cockpit.

SAFETY AND ELECTRICAL

This 2011 Chaparral 287 SSX has an automatic Halon fire suppression system in the engine compartment with a status light at the helm. The electrical panel includes dual batteries with an emergency parallel switch and a voltage sensitive relay, a two bank battery charger, galvanic isolator, carbon monoxide monitor, and forward and aft automatic bilge pumps.

COCKPIT, BOW AND HEAD

The Chaparral 287 SSX cockpit has a double wide helm seat, a port companion seat, a U shaped aft lounge with a flip backrest, and a wet bar with a sink, solid surface top and a pull out cooler below. The bow seats several people on wraparound lounges with flip up backrests, and has its own boarding ladder in the anchor locker. There is in floor storage in the cockpit, a lockable glove box, and blue LED courtesy lighting. The enclosed head behind the port console has a marine toilet, a stainless vessel sink on a solid surface counter, an opening portlight and a teak and holly style sole. A navy bimini top mounts to the arch, and a walk through transom leads to the integrated swim platform and stern boarding ladder.

LOCATION

This 2011 Chaparral 287 SSX is in indoor rack storage at a marina in Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, in the Tampa Bay area, a short run down the Anclote River to Anclote Key and the Gulf of Mexico. Easy to show for buyers coming from Palm Harbor, Clearwater, Dunedin, New Port Richey and Tampa.

DISCLOSURES

The dash MPH gauge does not work. Exhaust work was recently completed but there are no receipts for it. A survey and sea trial are welcome.

WHAT IS UNDER THE ENGINE HATCH ON THIS 2011 CHAPARRAL 287 SSX

A single Volvo Penta 8.1Gi gas V8 driving a Volvo Penta DuoProp sterndrive with twin counter rotating stainless props. Exhaust work on the 8.1Gi was recently completed and is visible on inspection; there are no receipts for it.

HOW MANY HOURS ARE ON THE 2011 CHAPARRAL 287 SSX

675 hours on the Volvo Penta 8.1Gi, read at the helm in November 2026. Over fifteen seasons that averages about 45 hours a year.

HAS THE 2011 CHAPARRAL 287 SSX BEEN BOTTOM PAINTED OR KEPT IN THE WATER

No. The hull has never been bottom painted. The boat is kept in indoor dry rack storage at a marina in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and launched when used.

WHAT ELECTRONICS COME WITH THIS 2011 CHAPARRAL 287 SSX

A Garmin GPSmap 541s chartplotter and sounder, a Garmin VHF, digital engine gauges, Lenco trim tabs, a Clarion stereo with a remote in the head, and new JL Audio speakers throughout.