Just to let you know - I had every intention of giving your suggestions a go this last Sunday - a reasonable blow and flat water looked perfect for a start. I used an old main sheet as the righting line with a series of knots along it's length as Steve suggested - mine with loops to possibly hook in...

Sorry Andrew - from memory you were asking how many were built - and I don't know. However I do know that they weren't built for very long and that the sail numbers run separately to the normal Dart 15's. 1256 may well exist as a normal 15 as well as a sting. So basicaly I haven't answered any of yo...

How many Stings were made? I see 1312 is for sale. Does this mean there were at least 1312 of them? Or were their numbers included in the Sprint run of numbers? Was there ever a standard Dart 15 with sail number 1312? Or did Stings have a batch of numbers allocated to them? Only curious! I have Sti...

The righting line with loops and knots sounds ideal - I'll resort to the extra ballast if I need to. I imagine something like a long version of an uphaul rope for a windsurfer would be ideal. Or more likely the old main sheet I have. Are you still throwing the line over the topper most hull or just ...

Bob Carter wrote: PPS a body belt to increase your weight would also help.

Or a carbon mast!

Thanks guys I'll get back to you re water in the mast and hulls, but I think not as the mast showed no signs of wanting to go in very far even when I was leaning quite heavily around the tramp to uncleat jib, traveller and main. The mast seemed really quite buoyant. I think my technique needs some w...

Thanks Bob Do you think it would help if I could somehow get further up the boat - eg climb on the line that I've got running from mast foot to traveller? I'm thinking I might be able to get a line off the mast with a loop and hook in with the harness. Then again that might be wishful thinking... Pr...

I admit, I have a Sting, but that doesn't make me a bad person! I had my first over the other day and I could not rite the cat without help. Despite leaning around the mast and tramp to uncleat everything, it wasn't looking like it was going turtle - so the rumours aren't true... However, the top tw...

Depending on how much thinner you could also try packing with a suitable piece of flexible tubing - possibly garden hose? And either slotting down one side to allow the hose to curl in on itself, or cutting strips to pack the channel with.

Well, there's a nice one in my back garden - just tidying the skegs and rudder blades when it stops hailing. There must be a few about still as they're not old enough to be ratty. I have a feeling that there's at least one other at Draycote. We should try to find out how many more are still about. M...

Does anyone know roughly how many Stings were built?

And how many were sold in the UK??

I've just bought a Sting and I'm trying to guess it's age.