rustler 33 yacht

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Rustler 33 – Yachting Monthly review

• March 20, 2014

She’s an absolute stunner, but does she sail as well as she looks? And what’s it like to spend the night with her? Graham Snook dodged gales off Falmouth to find out

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What’s she like to sail? The Rustler 33 is surprisingly quiet. With no guardrails, or external halyards, there was little to disturb the wind as it passed unimpeded over the deck. She was also a dry boat, on our test a sprayhood wasn’t needed or missed. Besides, how could you fit one on something so beautiful?

She was a real pleasure to sail, but although she’s a Rustler she’s no offshore cruiser and doesn’t pretend to be. She’s a well- built weekend or coastal cruising yacht that offers easy, fast fun.

Her 34ft-long hull tapers to a 22ft 6in static waterline, but grows considerably as she heels. Pleasing bow and stern waves are constant companions. The 8:1 mainsheet makes easy work of the mainsail, and a well-timed tack reduces the need for the winch handle. The day of our test was chilly, grey and there was drizzle in the air, but the sailing was great. Imagine sailing her on a warm summer’s afternoon: land breezes, sparkly water and a rising tide high enough to get a few hours alongside the pontoons of, say, the Pandora Inn. You don’t need to cross oceans in a bulletproof boat to reach a sailing Shangri-La. What’s she like in port and at anchor? Both the editor and I spent the night on board as a gale raged outside. We had the pubs of my youth to stretch out in, and when we returned to sit below decks, everything in the hinged but unlined lockers behind the seat backs was within reach. It was cosy, heating would have improved matters, but the advantage of a small interior is that it does warm up quickly. Not being able to stand was only a disadvantage while moving kit about the boat, and quickly forgotten. Using the ‘galley’ is only really done seated. I wasn’t a fan of the white finish on our test boat – looking aft, you could be on any number of small, simple yachts. It is only when I turned around that the swathes of teak came into view. Many interior finishes are available, I’d be ticking the box for wood, and lots of it. If you’re anchoring, the bow roller would have to be bolted on beforehand. The lead of the anchor warp would have to be made fair to prevent it fouling the forestay en route to the single pop- up forward cleat. She’d be OK to dry out alongside if you need to. Would she suit you and your crew? With the vast Fal Estuary just outside, Cornish harbours at daysail intervals along the coast and a keen local club-racing scene, it is not hard to see what inspired Rustler to produce the 33. She can be handled by one person, easily by two. If cabin space and home comforts are paramount, she’s not for you. Short of fish and chips in the cockpit, I can’t think of any meal I’d want to eat on board and I wouldn’t spend much time below decks. A rainy day at anchor might be too much for some sailors. But she’s light and slender enough to tow behind a car to new cruising grounds, rather than having to sail all the way there. If you sail as a couple – with close friends or a tolerant partner – you could spend every summer evening, weekend and even the odd week skimming along the coast in this boat, leaving more practical and ‘capable’ cruisers in your oh-so-pretty wake. If you are lucky enough to be able to look out of your window, see that the sun is out and a breeze is filling in, and can drop whatever it is you’re doing to go sailing, this boat is for you. You can see Graham Snook’s full report on the Rustler 33 in the May 2014 issue of Yachting Monthly …

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Rustler 33 review and test sail – a pleasure to look at and a pleasure to sail

• David Harding
• February 17, 2021

David Harding admires the sleek, uncompromising weekender from UK boatbuilder Rustler

I read a fascinating article recently about relationships. It was a distillation of the guidance offered by over a thousand people who had been with their spouses or partners for more than 10 years, and one point in particular recurred time and time again: be together for the right reasons.

A partnership formed for the wrong reasons (and there are a lot of very common wrong reasons) is almost certainly destined to fail – or, at the very least, not to thrive as it might.

And it’s the same with the relationship between an owner and his or her boat. You need to buy a boat for the right reasons; for the sort of sailing you’re going to be doing. That means actually doing.

There’s nothing wrong with a little future-proofing or with having dreams, but you need to be realistic. A 50-footer with 10 berths is being wasted if used by a couple for overnighting or coastal pottering.

Perhaps more importantly, it’s unlikely to be the best boat for the job.

Buying such a boat for that sort of sailing would be like buying a camper van for going to the shops – or, heaven forbid, buying a big black 4×4 to take the kids to school around the corner (not that anyone would do such a thing, of course).

As Adrian Jones of Rustler Yachts puts it, “Why have accommodation if you don’t use it? Why not have a boat that’s nicer to sail and easier to look after? So many cruisers just go day-sailing and weekending, and buy the wrong boat because there’s nothing else.”

About 10 years ago, thoughts like this prompted Rustler to develop ‘the right boat’ for people who wanted a stylish weekender but couldn’t find anything.

Some years earlier the Falmouth-based company had taken on the moulds of the Piper – a sweet-lined daysailer in the style of a miniature 12 Metre – and renamed it the Rustler 24.

Both the builder and a good many customers rather fell for it.

Weekending in style

Almost inevitably, the market for open daysailers over 6m (20ft) or so is limited – especially in the UK.

To broaden their appeal, keelboats of this nature need some accommodation to turn them into weekenders, and that’s exactly what Rustler had in mind when creating the 33 back in 2011.

Adrian came up with a one-page list of essential features.

“It had to be fast and pretty and big enough to house a loo,” he said. “And it had to look absolutely gorgeous. We didn’t want the boat to be designed around the accommodation.”

Stephen Jones was commissioned to draw the lines. Jones has a long-standing relationship with Rustler and a knack for designing good-looking boats, especially when unconstrained by rating rules or accommodation requirements.

As well as a loo, a boat of this length would nonetheless provide space for a basic galley, four decent berths and somewhere to hang waterproofs, so life on board would be perfectly civilised for a few nights at least.

This page of ‘must haves’ led to the birth of a real stunner: 10.36m (34ft) of elegance with low freeboard, a graceful spoon bow, a hint of sheer and a well drawn-out counter stern, topped with a short, well-proportioned coachroof.

Below the waterline we find a smooth rocker and, principally for downwind performance, subtly fuller stern sections than on similarly slim and shapely boats of yesteryear. They’re so well hidden by the long counter as to be almost undetectable – but, together with other aspects of the Rustler’s design including the modest weight and bulbed fin keel , they mean that sailing a modern boat with classically beautiful lines reminiscent of a bygone era no longer means being limited to the performance of a bygone era.

The view below the waterline

Classic lines are often associated with narrow beam by modern standards, and this is an essential element in the Rustler’s looks and performance: it’s just 8ft (2.44m) overall and appreciably less at the waterline.

Given that many 22-footers are beamier than this, and that a typical modern 34ft cruiser will measure nigh on 3.65m (12ft) between the gunwales, it places her in the distinctly-slender category.

Given her lack of beam and her narrow waterline, the Rustler has little in the way of form stability. She has no need for it, because 35% of her weight is slung low down in the keel. Wide beam and a hard turn to the bilge in high-volume cruising boats often lead to very distorted waterplanes when they heel, resulting in a heavy helm through lack of balance and, ultimately, to loss of control. At the opposite end of the spectrum, a hull that’s semi-circular in section presents the same shape when heeled as when upright, and the narrower the hull the less the asymmetry whatever its shape.

There’s more to balanced hull design than this, but it follows that a narrow boat with rounded sections like the Rustler will be more inclined to go in a straight line than will a typical fat-bodied, load-lugging cruiser.

It’s her ballast, not the hull shape, that provides the righting moment.

Lightly-ballasted boats that rely to a large extent on form stability will reach an angle of heel at which the form stability suddenly reduces. Then, if there’s not enough weight in the keel to take over, you find yourself rapidly running out of power (and potentially running into other things).

That’s why boats like the Rustler are such a pleasure to sail. They heel gently and progressively as the wind picks up.

The helm remains light, and the harder it blows the faster they go.

Adrian sums up the 33 succinctly: “Because it’s long and thin, with low ballast and a big rig, it’s going to be fast, tolerant and easy to sail. And if you want to race, you can sail with a small crew because you don’t need weight on the rail.”

Keep it slim

Fully powered up on a fetch is when many boats carry a lot of weather helm, but the angle of the tiller here shows the exceptional balance

The rig on the 33 can be generous because it’s countered by all that ballast (in lead, because iron would be far too much of a compromise).

At the same time the sail area doesn’t need to be enormous, because the boat’s modest weight (under 2,700kg/6,000lb) and low wetted area mean she’s easily driven.

She needs only a modest foretriangle, with no need for the forestay to be taken to the stemhead to maximise the J measurement: it’s set inboard (a la Folkboat).

This is a more elegant arrangement, commonly seen on classically-styled boats with long bow overhangs.

On the subject of overhangs, you might think that the short waterline would be a limiting factor, but don’t forget that the long counter draws it out by several feet when she starts to move.

Besides, it’s not all about sheer speed with a boat like this. Wide, flat, light boats with short ends will be faster in some conditions, especially when they start to plane downwind. Typically they will also be more demanding and less comfortable to sail, particularly upwind in a seaway when the Rustler’s slim hull will slice through waves that cause uncomfortable slamming and banging in many boats.

By all accounts she’s not even particularly wet: the fine bow splits the waves and most of the water (green and white) disappears to leeward before it reaches the cockpit.

Boats like this don’t wear you out with a violent motion. You’re low down and can never be far from the centreline, so you don’t get bounced around so much and there’s less distance to fall if you are thrown off balance. If you’re helming from the high side of a cockpit that’s 12ft wide, you find yourself a long way from the leeward gunwale when the boat heels.

Quite apart from practical considerations, it comes down to what sort of boat you feel comfortable in and what you like the look of.

“Some people like the squared-off mini-Volvo 70 look and others prefer a 12 Metre”, says Adrian. “We’re nearer the Metre look.”

As well as the hull lines, the clutter and the detail on a boat has a major bearing on its appearance.

For example, as is common practice on classic weekenders and race boats, the Rustler has no stanchions or guardwires (a ‘fence’, in the parlance of people who own such boats). You can have one if you insist, if you want to go offshore or if you have to in order to compete in certain events.

A stainless plate on the stem incorporates fairleads, a pop-up nav light and provision for an easily-removable anchor roller

Keeping visual distractions to a minimum extends far beyond obvious things like this. A furling drum at the tack of the jib does little for any boat’s appearance, so Rustler set it below decks (another reason to have the forestay abaft the stem). It’s made by Bartels in Germany, because that’s the only slim, single-groove, under-deck system on offer. A twin-groove foil would simply be too fat for the boat.

Further reducing clutter, the furling line runs below decks all the way to the cockpit locker.

It almost goes without saying that the mast is keel-stepped because it can be a slimmer section.

Even the backstay arrangement has been thought about carefully. Instead of a cascade, which would be a visual distraction and make it difficult to keep the water out where it passed through the deck, the Rustler has a 2:1 system led down the mast and aft to the coachroof where it can be winched. Winching the backstay feels odd, but it’s done this way for good reason.

A result of this attention to detail is a clean and beautifully uncluttered appearance.

Cleats are of the pop-up type and so is the nav light on the bow.

Teak decks are fitted to most boats and an increasing number of owners are now choosing carbon rigs to enhance further the boat’s comfort and performance.

One practical if inelegant feature not seen in the photos is a bow roller. It’s removable, so owners usually just bolt it on when they need it.

Theory and practice

Clean lines: the Rustler 33 on test in her home waters off St Mawes

It would be inconceivable for a boat with the pedigree of the Rustler 33 not to sail like a witch.

I sailed the prototype twice in 2012, first from Lymington and then on Rustler’s home waters of Falmouth, and have since seen production 33s at other points around the coast.

It’s no surprise that they have been sought out by owners far and wide, being shipped to countries as far afield as New Zealand and, increasingly, the USA.

They have found homes with people moving up from smaller classics like the Folkboat and others on the way down from larger cruisers who have done their ocean sailing but still want a ‘proper’ boat.

As for the sailing – well, the 33 behaves and performs exactly as you would wish. Upwind on flat water with 12-15 knots of breeze we clocked speeds in the high 5s and tacked through around 75°.

On our second outing we completely destroyed a 32ft cruiser from a yard not known for building slow boats.

Starting from its leeward bow on an upwind leg, we out-paced and out-pointed it, ending up 50 yards to windward after 10 minutes.

Downwind with the asymmetric spinnaker we hit nigh on 9 knots and I suspect the Rustler would need little excuse to start surfing in any waves.

The cockpit, though smaller than on some weekenders, is particularly well designed.

For example, the tiller is connected to the rudder stock via a drag link. This places it on the aft deck, allowing the helmsman to sit at the cockpit’s aft end, whereas mounting the tiller directly on the stock would place the helmsman a long way forward.

Sitting forward works on some boats. On the Rustler, aft is probably best.

And for those who like boats like this, it can only be a tiller.

Sit in or sit out? The cockpit makes it comfortable to do either. A mainsheet traveller can be fitted

At the helm you have a choice of sitting inboard, removing the aft sections of the seats and standing up or, as favoured by those of us with a dinghy-sailing background, sitting on the coaming and using the tiller extension.

Below decks

Space to sit, lie down, go to the loo, brew a cuppa (or heat a meal) and hang your waterproofs is what you need on a weekender. You have all this on the Rustler, and the enclosed heads is pretty generous for a boat of this nature. This is where you find the amply proportioned wet-locker too, right aft so as to keep the rest of the boat dry. You can’t stand up (unless you’re under 1.45m/4ft 9in tall), but sitting headroom over the settee berths is a comfortable 1.1m (3ft 7in).

Behind the companionway steps is the engine – a 14hp Nanni diesel on most boats or, increasingly now, a Torqeedo saildrive.

Despite the simplicity of the accommodation, this is still a Rustler and the finish on recent boats has been upgraded from the first few. There are no interior mouldings (except in the heads) so you have access to the outer hull, all the joinery is bonded to the hull, and the structure, with its substantial frames, looks reassuring.

PBO’s verdict

The Rustler 33 is sheer indulgence: a pleasure to look at and a pleasure to sail.

Treat her as a daysailer or weekender if you wish. Or go for a sail and keep on going, because she’s vastly more capable and seakindly than many larger boats that purport to be offshore cruisers.

She’s in Category C under the RCD because of factors such as the absence of guardwires. Fitting them puts her straight into Category B.

Or, instead of sailing to new cruising grounds, you can take her on a trailer if you have a big enough car (she weighs less than 3 tonnes) and launch at a yard that has a crane or a travel lift.

Here’s a boat you can enjoy sailing for sailing’s sake and be proud to own: the Morgan of the seas if ever there was one. And there aren’t many boats of this size you can say that about.

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In the UK, equivalents to the Rustler are thin on the ground. The Mystery 35 is conceptually not dissimilar in some respects but a bigger, heavier boat designed for cruising longer distances.

Moving down a size, the Mystery 30 (designed by David Thomas and initially known as the Link) was inspired by the IOD (International One Design).

We find more weekenders of this size overseas. Starting in Europe, Saffier’s Sc 10 is an obvious competitor, while the Tofinou 9.5 and Luca Brenta’s B30 are lighter, sportier, more open designs.

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The American alternatives are in more traditional vein, such as Morris Yachts’ M29 and the substantially heavier Alerion 33 .

It’s no coincidence that, except for the Saffier, all these boats have tillers.

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Rustler 33 boat test

The Rustler 33 is part of the modern tradition for fast, retro-styled day-sailers that are a charm to sail, painless to own and give enough accommodation for weekending.

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ALL PHOTOS BY MERVYN MAGGS

CORNWALL is desperately vulnerable to the mood swings of the Atlantic, and the day we chose to test sail the Rustler 33 was a classic – not a zephyr of wind and a low sky pressing its greyness into everything.

With water coursing down the windows of the office occupied by Adrian Jones, one half of Rustler Yachts, photographer Mervyn Maggs and I had suddenly become very enthusiastic about instant coffee and talking shop, as we waited for the promised window of sun and wind to appear. Rustler, founded in the mid-80s here in Falmouth, is known for its blue water cruising yachts, not least the classic, long-keeled Rustler 36 Holman and Pye sloop, which is still in build here in glass after a run of more than 200 boats. Princess Anne owned one, although she’s since changed to a Rustler 44.

In 2006, Adrian spotted a gap in the market for a pretty daysailer and bought the moulds for the Piper 24. “Rubbishy tiny cockpit, bad rig… but a beautiful hull,” Adrian remembers. They started building their version in 2009 and have already sold 45. Then people wanted a bigger one. Adrian and Rustler co-owner Nick Offord went to Stephen Jones with a simple design brief: “It’s got to look good and sail really well, and it’s got to be easy to own… we don’t care about headroom.” The first one was launched in 2012, and they are already building number 10. Previous boats have gone to Corfu, and smart sailing capitals like Auckland and Newport.

The Rustler 33 started life on the kitchen table of renowned yacht designer Stephen Jones in pencils, paper and inches, and the plug was built by hand so tweaks could be made – including drawing it out a foot to 34ft (10.4m). “It’s useless, but really nice to own, a bit like an Aston Martin,” Adrian adds.

Spirit-of-Tradition boatbuilding has come a long way since replicating old, or old-style, designs in glass. It is now a fully fledged, postmodern riot of build materials, rigs and design below and above the waterline.

The Rustler 33 tends towards the radical end for a SoT boat, with a narrow fin keel, balanced rudder, Dyneema backstay and highly tweakable racing rig.

In appearance, the Rustler 33 is an unusual beast, clothed in a motley collection from the dressing-up box of yacht design history. Whereas every other SoT yacht is inspired by the inter-war years, the R33 owes its origins to post-war Metre yachts. So she has a retroussé counter instead of the standard sawn-off counter, square-oval portlights instead of round, a gentler sheer and a tall mast with double-spreader, 7/8ths fractional rig. Combined with the narrowish beam and pleasing cockpit coamings that run back from the cabinsides in a single, hard-stepped line, this rare costume makes for one of the prettiest SoT boats around, with an authentic marriage of form and material: boats that originally looked like this were, like the R33, hand-built in glass with ally masts.

Designer Stephen Jones was freed from any tenuous connection to a particular yacht or designer, a premise that seldom stands up to scrutiny. The counter is inspired by post-war Metre yachts and the cabin, which slopes down at the front end (as there is not much sheer rising up to meet it) is influenced by IODs and the Nordic Folkboat. As Adrian puts it: “We all know what a pretty boat looks like.”

At less than three tonnes and with no guardrail, the boat feels very accessible and easy to push around. Stepping on, she is as solid as you would expect, with a deep lead keel and a 41 per cent ballast ratio. Once on board, the feeling is of being on a modern yacht. This is not a boat to please a traditionalist, by any stretch of the imagination. What’s lacking in authenticity, though, is made up for in terms of comfort, usability and, given the many unusual innovative features, character.

These include cockpit seats that lift to allow standing at the tiller; a nav light at the bows that swivels up like the headlights on a Porsche 928; a push-rod tiller that allows tiller steering from the aft end of the cockpit to control a rudderstock further forward; reverse slant to the cockpit seat sides for more foot room; flared-out cappings on the coamings to allow sitting out high; an unusual backstay tensioner that runs from the counter to a purchase at the masthead, then down and along the coachroof to exit with all the other controls. In place of the dreaded blue UV strip on the jib is a headsail cover that is hoisted using a halyard. This protects the jib from all weathers. The jib furler (being seldom used), runs under the deck and exits in a port-hand cockpit locker. This is part of a more concerted effort to keep the deck as clear as possible. In fact, only the small, fixed fairleads for the asymmetric sail stand proud – everything else is flush.

There was no need to raise our voices over the 14hp Nanni tucked under the companionway. As Adrian and I motored out into Carrick Roads in the sunshine and breeze that had finally broken the spell of grey.

The last time I sailed here was in a heavily canvassed gaff cutter, unreefed, double-handed and in a good Force 5 and plenty of marine traffic, but any nerves left over from that day soon dissipated as I took the tiller. The response is so instantaneous that Adrian had to warn me not to make any sudden motions or I’d send him flying overboard. This is a boat that would excel at tacking upriver, dodging in and out of moored boats! It is, of course, an advantage of the fin keel. Another is that there’s so little of the boat under water that you can reverse it at speed without any stern squatting. Soon I was doing high-speed, reverse figures-of-eights.

Two Harken winches on the coachroof (again, part of the effort at keeping decks and cockpit clear) handle the jibsheets. An optional pair can be fitted on the coamings to handle the asymmetric. The mainsheet, on an 8:1 purchase, runs to a chunky pedestal on the sole… and that’s about it. If you’re used to sheeting in the jib on the coaming, the inboard coachroof arrangement takes a moment to get used to (the optional spinnaker winches are mounted on the coaming) and then you’re away, sailing the 33 like a dinghy, heeling easily, pointing high, sailing fast and perhaps feeling a little nostalgia for younger, faster days. There is also a snake’s nest of lines emerging from the clutches on the coachroof. Aside from two single-line reefs, spinnaker halyard and mainsheet halyard, there are are: outhaul, mast backstay tensioner and kicker. One of the pleasures of owning a 33 would be getting to grips with these various tweaks, in the safe, forgiving environment that the boat provides.

The breeze picked up enough to heel the boat hard over while close-hauled. Initial heel is dramatic, but with a tonne of lead underneath, she stiffens nicely. Helming was fingertip light and almost neutral, with just enough weather helm for safety and to give the tiller anima. Going downwind was interesting. Compared with the huge loads and slow helm response of a powerful gaffer on the run, this is relaxing work and we butterflied the jib and main. A crash gybe is easy to divert quickly and the 8:1 mainsheet means gybes don’t need much planning.

The feeling is not of a race-bred lightweight or a tank but something in between: a fairly seaworthy boat in the growing dayboat/luxury weekender niche occupied by the likes of the Eagle 36, Essence 33, Tofinou 9.5 and Morris 36, against which it compares well on price. Our test sail was in a short weather window and without instruments for quantitative data but we hear the R33 is fast – very fast. They regularly sail into double figures and sometimes more. This is far beyond theoretical hull speed, thanks to the minimal wetted surface area, and has helped one R33 achieve six firsts out of six starts under IRC in a season. The ability to go really fast, easily and comfortably, in something this pretty, is intoxicating.

There’s plenty the 33 won’t do. To some, it will never be a classic so you don’t, perhaps, get to have your cake and eat it. It’s skittish, it has little directional stability and the bows would be no place to stand trying to snare a buoy in bumpy seas. But that’s missing the point.The Rustler 33 is a boat to race and a boat for family picnics. She is also a boat for coastal cruising, hopping port to port and sleeping in the cabin or under the stars in the cockpit. That’s a good thing, as once you set out, you won’t want to stop. In light of how most of us go sailing, it’s not, despite Adrian’s words, useless in the least. And being so easy to chuck around, go faster and point higher, it makes you look good. It makes you feel good, too.

LOA: 34ft (10.4m) LWL: 22ft 6in ((6.9m) Beam: 8ft (2.4m) Draught: 5ft 9in (1.8m) Disp: 2.7 tonnes Price: £99,500 + VAT

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The new Rustler 33 is designed to be a daysailer/weekender larger version of the very popular Rustler 24, this 34 footer is fast, elegant and beautifully built. her classically styled above water profile is complemented by a state of the art modern keel and rudder, with the tiller cleverly offset aft from the rudder by means of a drag link, which frees up the cockpit greatly over similar competitors, such as the Morris 29.

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• Builder: Rustler Yachts Ltd.
• Model: Rustler 33
• Yacht Name: RUSTLER 33
• Hull Designer: Stephen Jones
• Year Built: NEW BUILD
• LOA: 34’ / 10.26m
• LWL: 22’6” / 6.85m
• Beam: 8’ / 2.44m
• Min Draft / Max Draft: 5’6” / 1.67m
• Displacement: 2,695kg / 5,950lb
• Ballast Weight: 1,135kg / 2,500lb
• Berths: 4 berths in 1 cabin(s) / 1 head/WC(s)
• Engine Count: 1 Nanni N2.14 (14hp) Diesel
• Country: Newport, RI, USA
• VAT Status: POA

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The Rustler 33 is beautiful. Designed to be easy to live with, simple to sail, and offer cosy accommodation for a weekend away; she is the perfect antidote to yachts whose designers have forgotten what pleasure there is to be had in simple aesthetic beauty.

As a larger stable-mate of the hugely successful Rustler 24 dayboat, the Rustler 33 is an all new design, with grace, and classic well judged overhangs she really will turn heads wherever she is seen. A lead fin keel, fully balanced rudder and large easily handled rig offer first class performance without drama, and a small inboard diesel will always get you home if the wind dies!

Whether day sailing, anchoring off a beach for a swim and a picnic, staying on board for a night, or indeed racing around the bay, the new Rustler 33 will surprise and delight you.

The interior joinery is constructed from high quality materials, and in accordance with the very best yacht building practice. Our team of craftsmen at Rustler build exceptional interiors, blending the best of the traditional and modern techniques.

The standard interior layout is a large double berth forward with two settee berths to port and starboard. There are separate heads to port containing a toilet and hand basin with access to the wet locker from behind the toilet.

The galley area to starboard has a basin outboard and room for single burner stove with galley stowage behind the cooker area. All the cabin woodwork is finished with a satin finish varnish or painted in eggshell white.

Technical Details

Designed by Stephen Jones. A new design with the intention of being easy to live with, simple to sail and cosy accommodation for a weekend away.

Resin infused. Construction to Rustler Yachts exacting quality standards.

Resin infused. Moulded in non slip. Option for teak decks.

Main and jib with cross cut construction in 8oz woven polyester.

Mainsail (26.38m2) including 2 reefs.

Jib (18.67m2) 105% furling headsail including UV strip.

All sails are supplied with labelled sail bags and ties.

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