Dart 12 . What's it worth ?

   On the Dart 12s it is very difficult to say what they are worth. They were only made for a year or two about 1995/6 but they made very few. They are not an active class but there is some rareity value. A nice one came up on EBay about 18 months ago and it went for about £1200. Steve Sawford (of Speedy Sports) was one of the major bidders but he lost out to one of the other Sprint 15 fleet owners who bought it for a grandchild. Steve does have one but I think he is considering refurbishing them and selling them for children. They are really a bit too short to be an effective catamaran and all the bits are big and heavy. e.g. they used the same rudders as the Sprint 15, Dart 18 and Dart 20 (formerly the Stampede).
Cheers
Bob
P.S. From the Sprint 15 website I see that Simon Giles is thinking about one for his daughter on the chat page.

Edited by Sprint Bob - 31 Oct 10 at 6:47pm

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Sprint Bob Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 17 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sprint Bob Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Dart 12 . What's it worth ? Posted: 31 Oct 10 at 6:43pm
	On the Dart 12s it is very difficult to say what they are worth. They were only made for a year or two about 1995/6 but they made very few. They are not an active class but there is some rareity value. A nice one came up on EBay about 18 months ago and it went for about £1200. Steve Sawford (of Speedy Sports) was one of the major bidders but he lost out to one of the other Sprint 15 fleet owners who bought it for a grandchild. Steve does have one but I think he is considering refurbishing them and selling them for children. They are really a bit too short to be an effective catamaran and all the bits are big and heavy. e.g. they used the same rudders as the Sprint 15, Dart 18 and Dart 20 (formerly the Stampede). Cheers Bob P.S. From the Sprint 15 website I see that Simon Giles is thinking about one for his daughter on the chat page. Edited by Sprint Bob - 31 Oct 10 at 6:47pm

JohnW Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 17 Jul 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 552	Post Options Post Reply Quote JohnW Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 10 at 10:11am
	You could give this guy a ring as he is looking to buy one. http://www.speedysports.co.uk/spage-marine58-dart_12.html

Andy & Jitka Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 12 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy & Jitka Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct 10 at 7:46am
	Hello, I recently acquired a pair of Dart 12 catamarans, these were sold to me as 15's but when I went to collect they turned out to be the smaller variant. Both boats have been hardly used, one has a brand new unused set of sails, the other set are very good. Hulls again are good as are the rudders and masts. I have stripped both boats and completed cleaning and polishing one, the other I will complete in the next couple of weeks. I'm considering keeping one and selling on the other, but have no idea what they are really worth. The construction of these boats seem superb and I expect they would have been quite expensive when new. The boats are full equiped with main, jib, trapeze and launching wheels and the same sheet control systems and rudders as the 15. If you could help with an opinion on the valuation please get in touch, I can email a couple of pics of the completed boat if that helps. Best Regards Andrew andrew.jitka@ntlworld.com