Rustler 42 (2005) for sale in Hamble, United Kingdom

Boat Details

RUSTLER 42 Coruisk for sale. One owner from new, Launched 2006.

The Rustler 42 is a proven offshore cruising boat designed by the renowned British Naval Architect Stephen Jones. Encapsulated keel, skeg hung rudder, and cutter rig as standard. Easily handled by a couple, some are even on long single handed cruises. Light and spacious interior with exquisite woodwork, 2 staterooms plus an ergonomic saloon and head. 

Very sought after yacht, rarely available on the brokerage market.

Dimensions

Hull, Deck & Keel

• Hull form comprising of a long fin encapsulated keel with a full skeg
• Hull Construction - hand laid system, using glass fibre re‐inforced polyester (GRP) in accordance with Stephen Jones construction drawings and using Lloyds approved materials
• The hull has a double gel coat and isopthalic resin lay‐up throughout with matched chopped strand mat and woven roving for maximum resistance to porosity and tropical conditions
• Coach roof and inner coamings are stiffened with 12mm balsa core and all deck fittings are reinforced by 12mm marine ply pads
• The hull and deck are joined by overlapping GRP laminate with a wide teak capping rail
• Teak laid side decks 
• Stanchion bases and cleats are mounted on top and through bolted
• White gelcoat hull 
• Off‐white coach roof
• The ballast is a lead casting of 4.6 tons, and fully encapsulated in the keel
• The rudder is constructed using a 50mm stainless steel stock with large tangs encapsulated in GRP
• The rudder is fully protected with a full length skeg
• Rudder stock supported by a strong bronze fitting at base of rudder skeg

Deck Equipment

• Teak laid cockpit seats and sole, locker tops and bridge deck
• Cave lockers port and starboard
• Lockers under helmsman seat including gas and warps locker
• Large stainless steel hoop to protect the binnacle
• Whitlock Cobra steering system with Reliant pedestal, binnacle compass and hide covered stainless wheel
• Single lever engine control on steering pedestal
• Instruments in cockpit include tachometer, oil pressure and temperature audible alarm, alternator warning light, starter switch and stop control
• Steering is a direct drive system with quadrant gear, levers and draglinks giving excellent mechanical advantage and the ultimate in feel and responsiveness
• Emergency tiller
• Sliding companionway hatch and garage with two teak storm boards
• Stainless steel grab handles port and starboard of companionway
• Stem head fitting in stainless steel with rollers
• Pulpit and push-pit in stainless steel
• Stainless steel stanchions and guard-wires with gates port and starboard
• Chafe protection to teak toe-rail sides where appropriate
• Dorade vents to saloon and fore-cabin
• Handrails in teak to coach-roof
• Fixed portlights to coach-roof sides
• Hatches to saloon and fore cabin
• Mainsheet track and car with mainsheet fitted to centre of cockpit behind which is the wheel binnacle
• Chain plates to cap shrouds, aft and fwd lowers, backstay
• Genoa tracks in aluminium with cars
• Webbing jackstays
• Maxwell electric anchor windlass with foot switches and remote rocker switches at helm. 2013 upgrade to 10mm anchor chain and chain stopper
• Rocna main anchor with 10mm x 90m of galvanised chain
• Stainless steel Delta anchor with stainless steel chain and warp
• Fortress kedge anchor with chain and warp
• Six bulwark mounted mooring cleats
• Two Anderson 40ST stainless winches mounted either side of the companionway coach-roof
• Clutches, to control reefing and halyard lines lead aft
• 2 x Anderson 58ST sheet winches (electric)  
• 2 x 46ST spin/running backstay winches
• Anderson 28ST mast winch with clutch above
• Monitor self steering gear 
• Hinged davits to support dinghy & outboard
• Boarding ladder
• 2" Stainless arch with solar panels & Airex Wind generator (2022)
• Outboard motor brackets on stern rail

Interior & Accommodation

• Moulded GRP unit with marine wc, washbasin, lockers outboard and under sink unit
• Corian work top
• Shower mixer tap
• Seat over wc
• Grating to shower tray
• Opening hatch
• Fixed portlight
• Mirror
• Large wet locker accessed through aft heads, and drained to bilge
• Access to diverter valve for WC / black tank / overboard
• Shelf 
• Access to machinery space

Navigation Equipment

• Steering compass
• Raymarine speed, depth and wind instruments to the companionway instrument pod
• 2 x Raymarine Axiom Pro plotters, one at helm and one at the chart table
• VHF / AIS
• Radar
• Raymarine Autohelm
• HF Radio
• Facility for satellite telephone antenna connection at chart table

Machinery & Propulsion

• BETA 50hp inboard diesel engine (2005)
• The engine is located directly over the keel, perfect for weight distribution
• Superb access via hinged lid with ability to remove all surrounding panels
• 2:1 Hydraulic gearbox. 100amp alternator. Engine is flexibly mounted with built‐in drip tray
• Cooling by means of seawater and closed freshwater system through a heat exchanger
• Engine compartment is insulated with non-combustible foam sound deadening material
• Fans
• Anti-syphoning hose exit at transom with tell tale water flow
• A 30mm diameter stainless steel shaft together with an Aquadrive unit and a Gori Folding 3 bladed prop
• Cutlass bearing (New in 2023)
• Northern Lights 5 Kw generator (540 hours) - 2016
• Max power retractable bow thruster
• Spectra watermaker (see plumbing)
• 2 x Air Con/Heating by Cruisair (Dometic)

Rig & Sails

Rig

• Mast head cutter rig with steps
• Selden deck stepped double spreader anodised mast (2005) and boom 
• T section track to front of mast for spinnaker pole
• Fixed cleats and stoppers as necessary
• Turning blocks to mast base
• Single line slab reefing lead aft
• 3rd reef with double lines led aft
• Selden gas Rodkicker
• Standing rigging - stainless steel 1 x 19 10mm wire throughout, including forestay, cutter stay, forward and aft lowers, cap shrouds and backstay
• Running rigging - main halyard, topping lift, vang led aft to cockpit
• Yankee and staysail halyards cleated off at mast
• Yankee and staysail sheets to cockpit
• Boom brake by Walder
• Furlex furling gear to yankee
• Furlex furling to staysail

Sails

• Fully battened Hydranet mainsail with 3 reefs and Selden MDS car system by Penrose, Falmouth (2012) 
• Roller furling headsail by North Sails, South Africa (2014)
• Roller furling staysail (2015)
• UV protection to yankee and staysail
• 2 x Cruising chutes (2006 & 2014)
• Tri-sail & storm jib (2006)

Electrical Systems

• 12v ships system
• Main switch panel is protected by contact breakers
• Three heavy duty domestic batteries, charged from 100A engine alternator
• Dedicated start batteries for engine and generator
• Isolating switches with link between engine and service bank for emergency starting
• LED 10W flush lights throughout
• All internal & nav lights are LED
• Reading lights to saloon
• Red/white lights to heads, red courtesy lights to chart area and galley
• Additional switchable white lights to chart table and pilot berth
• LED two port and starboard nav lights to pulpit
• LED one tri‐colour masthead navigation light combined with all‐round white light; one stern light; one steaming light; one sealed beam deck light
• 230v shore power is provided with standard 60A mains charger for batteries and 240V sockets in galley, fwd cabin, aft cabin, chart area and saloon - 15m shore power lead supplied
• Charger and inverter
• 4 x 360w Solar (2 x 80 + 2 x 100) controller in machinery space
• Airex wind generator (2022)
• Spectra watermaker
• Gas bottles stored in a vented locker under helmsman seat. 2 x Gas bottles supplied, space for three
• Gas piped in rigid copper pipe to galley, flexible hose to the cooker and an additional isolation valve is fitted by the cooker
• Gauges for fuel, water, black tank by nav station

Audio Visual

• Avtex TV
• Fusion audio (also controlled through Axiom plotter) 

Plumbing & Tankage

• 3 x Stainless steel fresh water tanks under saloon and galley floors (238 litres, 139 litres & 130 litres = 507 litres)
• Fitted with inspection hatches
• Tanks filled from side deck and vented overboard
• 2 x Stainless steel fuel tanks (230 litres & 95 = total 325 litres) filled from the side deck and vented outboard
• Fuel spill‐off is returned to the tank
• Hot & cold pressurised water
• Hot & Cold stern shower
• Raw water deck and anchor wash
• Spectra watermaker
• Calorifier (14 gallons) providing hot water either heated from engine or immersion heater from shore power and generator
• 1 x holding tank
• All waste and seawater pipes are reinforced PVC
• Freshwater pipes are non‐toxic polybutylene
• All flexible pipe connections are made with stainless steel hose clips

Canvas work

• Sprayhood with hide covered grabrail
• Stack pack mainsail cover
• Cockpit cushions
• Bimini with in-fill to sprayhood. Plus detachable side panels

Safety Equipment

• Two Henderson MKV pumps, one located in cockpit, the other sited internally, both discharge overboard
• Automatic alarmed submersible electric pump 
• Additional electric bilge pump
• Pick‐ups are in the main bilge and discharge is overboard through skin‐fittings
• Safety harness attachment points
• EPIRB (Out of Date)
• Life Raft (Out of Date) 
• Dan buoy
• MOB system
• Webbing jackstays

Additional Equipment

• Lazy jacks, burgee and signal halyards
• Extensive spare rope
• Four fenders
• Winch handles
• Stainless steel arch with the 4 solar panels and wind generator
• Concealed safe 
• Monitor wind vane
• Rain water collection device
• Rigid bottom Tender with 2017 Tohatsu 9.8 stroke outboard motor (by separate negotiation)