Wouter,
The Dart 16 is actually a good boat for what it was designed for. I sailed mine in a very shoally inlet, with lots of bars with breaking waves over sand bars and I loved it.

Yes, I moved up to bigger, faster and lighter boats, but I cant sail my HT or my Acat in this shoally, spot with out worrying about breaking the boards off.

Sometimes no boards it a good thing.

I kind of wish I'd never sold the Dart, yeah it was too heavy and sat too low in the water, and wasnt as fast as my other boats, but I never had to fix anything on it and I could take all my non-sailing friends for rides and all they had to do was hang out on the trap. And I could take it out in the surf, and sail over sand bars, and sail it right up on the beach when breaking wavers were big.

Long live the Dart 16.

Bill