NEW BOAT TEST RUSTLER 44DS
SPECIFICATIONS
LOA 13.50m 44ft 5in
LWL 11.04m 36ft 4in
Beam 4.28m 13ft 9in
Draught 2.10m 7ft 0in
Marine insurance for home waters
Displacement 13,700kg 30,000lb
and worldwide cruising, charters
Ballast 4900kg 10,780lb
and rallies.
Total sail area (cutter) 151.50m² 1631ft²
Total sail area (slutter) 157.20m² 1692 ft²
Providing comprehensive marine
Fuel 454ltr 100gal
insurance policies that are
Water 728ltr 160gal
competitively priced and easy to
Berths 4-6
understand is only the starting point.
Engine 85hp Nanni diesel, shaft drive
RCD category A-Ocean
At Admiral we believe our business
Designer Stephen Jones
is as much about dealing with people
Builder Rustler Yachts 01326 310120
www.rustleryachts.co.uk
as anything else.
Price from £423,000 including commissioning.
Discover our personal touch and a
practical approach towards meeting
your insurance needs.
For a free quote contact us
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or visit online
01722 416106
www.admiralyacht.com
well as providing a good
Deck, sails and rig
foothold when heeled.
Although her deckhouse
melds nicely into the
superstructure, at some
angles – particularly from her
quarters – she does look a
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little bit ‘chunky’, due mainly
from going below and the to the high cockpit coamings.
seating and sole are teak. Her foredeck is clear of
The sprayhood is a good clutter and wide enough to
size and Tim has opted for enable the ground tackle to be
the full cockpit tent, adding launched and retrieved safely.
more useable seating space in
inclement weather. 3 Sails and rig
As standard she will have
2 Decks a cutter rig with a battened
Her spacious decks would mainsail. Tim has opted for
look gorgeous in teak, but a ‘slutter’ – that is a second,
are nevertheless practical and masthead inner forestay
accessible as they are with just inside the primary one.
moulded sand-finish. The This way he can have a
1 Cockpit Her transom has the raised bulwarks and gloss large overlapping genoa
Although her hull remains traditional reverse rake and varnished teak capping sets permanently on the outer
very similar to that of her a little overhang, which, off her sheer line nicely, as forestay for reaching in lighter
smaller sister, the R42, though it looks smart, isn’t the winds and a self-tacking jib,
the deck underwent a total most practical of designs for also on a furler, on the inner.
redesign to incoporate the bluewater cruising. I would Unfortunately this means the
extra length and raised have preferred some sort of
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genoa has to be furled during
coachroof. The extra 2ft aft platform – retractable maybe tacks, due to the proximity of
has provided two massive so as not to spoil her lines. the two forestays.
lazarettes that could house She has a single helm with Her deck-stepped Selden
essential bluewater cruising cutaway seating around it mast has two slightly swept
items such as a generator, for easy access. Her headsail spreaders and single lowers.
water maker etc. Two more winches are within reach, as There is some pre-bend. Tim
lockers in the cockpit provide is the mainsheet, which is opted for in-mast furling to
a 3-bottle gas compartment across the aft coaming. A high make life easy when sailing
and a rope locker. bridgedeck keeps the water two-up with only he or his
wife, Sally, on watch.
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