One year of the Sea Ray 500 Sundancer run, 1989–2012
1997
Sea Ray 500 Sundancer value
A 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancer is worth about £116,000€134,500$155,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £89,500€104,500$120,000 and £141,500€165,000$187,500. Based on 28 comparable boats built between 1994 and 2000, 5 of them in 1997.
Likely range £89,500€104,500$120,000 – £141,500€165,000$187,500
5 boats built 1997 · 28 built 1994–2000 · listed since Dec 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 933 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1997 boats
Every Sea Ray 500 Sundancer built in 1997 that we have observed since Jul 2022, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
2 of 5 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 1997
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.
Keeping this boat one more year costs about £9,500 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Sea Ray 500 Sundancer: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 15.41 mfrom listings: median of 64
- Beam
- 4.57 mfrom listings: median of 60
- Draft
- 1.22 mfrom listings: median of 34
- Engines
- Twinfrom listings: 43 of 44
- Engine power
- 1,100 hp eachfrom listings: median of 47
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 60 of 60
- Build years seen
- 1990–2012from listings: 64 boats
Questions about the 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancer
How much is a 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancer worth?
A 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancer is worth about £116,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £89,500 and £141,500. Based on 28 comparable boats built between 1994 and 2000, 5 of them in 1997.
What do 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancers ask?
The 5 boats built in 1997 that we observed asked a median of £139,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1997 Sea Ray 500 Sundancer cheaper than a 1998?
Yes, usually by about 8.8%: 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.
How much will it lose next year?
About £9,500, or 8.1%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 64 boats across the whole run, not a forecast of the market.
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.