One year of the Sea Ray 280 Sundancer run, 1989–2017
1989
Sea Ray 280 Sundancer value
A 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer is worth about £10,500€12,500$14,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £10,500€12,000$12,500 and £13,500€16,000$16,000. Based on 14 comparable boats built between 1989 and 1992, 6 of them in 1989.
Likely range £10,500€12,000$12,500 – £13,500€16,000$16,000
6 boats built 1989 · 14 built 1989–1992 · listed since Jul 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 675 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1989 boats
Every Sea Ray 280 Sundancer built in 1989 that we have observed since Jul 2020, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
2 of 6 sit inside the likely range (hollow diamonds). Each boat is placed at its ask in today's prices and labelled with the price as asked and the month we saw it; a cut shows its size, and how long we have seen the boat listed so far. How we measure.
Either side of 1989
The rest of the run on the same scale, in today's asking prices. The bar is each year's middle half (from ten boats), the tick its median (from five). Years with a page of their own are linked.
The next three years
This boat's estimate carried forward along the model's age curve, if the market holds where it is today. The range is today's spread of boats, carried forward.
The curve is fitted on boats up to 37 years old, so we stop there rather than extrapolate.
Specification
What the listings say about the Sea Ray 280 Sundancer: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 8.53 mfrom listings: median of 36
- Beam
- 2.87 mfrom listings: median of 34
- Draft
- 0.81 mfrom listings: median of 11
- Engines
- Twinfrom listings: 9 of 11
- Engine power
- 260 hp eachfrom listings: median of 11
- Fuel
- Petrolfrom listings: 32 of 32
- Build years seen
- 1989–2017from listings: 48 boats
Questions about the 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer
How much is a 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer worth?
A 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer is worth about £10,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £10,500 and £13,500. Based on 14 comparable boats built between 1989 and 1992, 6 of them in 1989.
What do 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancers ask?
The 6 boats built in 1989 that we observed asked a median of £12,000 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1989 Sea Ray 280 Sundancer cheaper than a 1990?
Yes, usually by about 7.4%: each newer build year of this model asks that much more, all else equal. The gap between individual boats is often larger, because hours, VAT status and where the boat lies move the price too.
Are these sold prices?
No. Every figure here is built from asking prices seen on public listings. Boats usually sell for less than they ask; we do not yet measure by how much, so we never print a sold price as ours.