The new Rustler 37

[Fourbees]

....dad left his copy of Yachting World with me the other day, which had an interview with Princess Anne on her new Rustler 42

I thought they'd actually bought a Rustler 44, rather than a 42, but I may have got that wrong. The new 37 is more of a mini-42 than a mini-44 though. I quite fancied a 37 but it's the wrong side of 300k and you'd still have to add lots of blue-water kit before heading across the Atlantic. A swimming platform would be handy in the Caribbean, too, wouldn't it?

 

[robmcg]

Once sailed behind an encapsulated keel boat legging it twards swansea marina for an urgent lift out after just one night in a badly judged anchorage with the bottom of the keel working on gravel. Seen a cat with grp keels holed and sink for the same reason.

GRP simply isnt as impact or abrasion resistant as lead or iron. Nodoubt you will comment that bolts fail on bolted keels but that is adesign failure that can be avoided.

So can anchoring in unsuitable places/depths. Bit daft!

 

[West Coast]

Once sailed behind an encapsulated keel boat legging it twards swansea marina for an urgent lift out after just one night in a badly judged anchorage with the bottom of the keel working on gravel. Seen a cat with grp keels holed and sink for the same reason.

GRP simply isnt as impact or abrasion resistant as lead or iron. Nodoubt you will comment that bolts fail on bolted keels but that is adesign failure that can be avoided.

+1 Fellow club member had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago, dragged anchor, ended up bumping on the bottom, holed the boat at the base of the encapsulated keel and very nearly lost the boat from what I heard.

 

[doris]

I'm happy to report she sails like a Rustler

Am just wondering if that's good or bad?

 

[greggron]

Given the price, I might be tempted by a well maintained Vancouver 36 instead. They seem remarkably similar.

 

[prv]

I thought they'd actually bought a Rustler 44, rather than a 42, but I may have got that wrong.

More likely I got it wrong, it's not something I pay much attention to apart from one article in a discarded magazine

Pete

 

[Sailfree]

+1 Fellow club member had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago, dragged anchor, ended up bumping on the bottom, holed the boat at the base of the encapsulated keel and very nearly lost the boat from what I heard.

The Finnish buyer of the Jeanneau 43DS that was commissioned just before mine hit the sill at Hythe Marina at something like 4- 5kts. Commissioning manager got broken ribs as he was sitting next to a winch and boat came to a very sudden stop. Boat was lifted out immediately but no damage to the GRP or pig iron fin keel could be found - admittedly much to everyone's surprise with the speed he was doing. But that's only another example of one of those rubbish modern weak fin keels.

 

[doug748]

The Finnish buyer of the Jeanneau 43DS that was commissioned just before mine hit the sill at Hythe Marina at something like 4- 5kts. Commissioning manager got broken ribs as he was sitting next to a winch and boat came to a very sudden stop. Boat was lifted out immediately but no damage to the GRP or pig iron fin keel could be found - admittedly much to everyone's surprise with the speed he was doing. But that's only another example of one of those rubbish modern weak fin keels.

But where has this come from?

".... that's only another example of one of those rubbish modern weak fin keels."

I recall someone asking about the advantages of an encapsulated keel. I don't remember anything being said to provoke such defensive stuff. Has someone said something nasty about bolted on fin keels out of my hearing?

 

[Twister_Ken]

Just seen Snooksie's pic on Twitter. Anyone else think the R37 looks a bit dumpy?

 

[jerrytug]

Just seen Snooksie's pic on Twitter. Anyone else think the R37 looks a bit dumpy?

Wrong photo, that's a 1970's Westerly. Oh hang on..

 

[30boat]

Just seen Snooksie's pic on Twitter. Anyone else think the R37 looks a bit dumpy?

Dumpy is putting it mildly...

 

[snooks]

+1 Fellow club member had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago, dragged anchor, ended up bumping on the bottom, holed the boat at the base of the encapsulated keel and very nearly lost the boat from what I heard.

Well if you were to ground the Rustler 37, breach the inch thick solid GRP laminate at the base of the keel, then make it through the 2+ foot thick piece of cast lead, then through the resin on top which "encapsulates" it then yes you would have a problem...

more photos here:

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/537256/sneak-preview-rustler-37

 

[snooks]

Just seen Snooksie's pic on Twitter. Anyone else think the R37 looks a bit dumpy?

The iPhone doesn't really capture boats very well...they also make the horizon jaunty

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

The iPhone doesn't really capture boats very well...they also make the horizon jaunty

As a professional photographer shouldn't you have some thing more upmarket than an iPhone? Surely a Galaxy would be more suitable?

 

[snooks]

As a professional photographer shouldn't you have some thing more upmarket than an iPhone? Surely a Galaxy would be more suitable?

I do:

 

[Twister_Ken]

more photos here:

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/537256/sneak-preview-rustler-37

I see the web editor cut a bit off your quote…

Boat tester Graham Snook said, 'The Rustler 37 is a terrific long-distance boat that a couple could sail anywhere. Well behaved, comfortable, and impeccably mannered, she is everything you need in a blue-water cruiser, although she does look a bit dumpy'

 

[snooks]

I see the web editor cut a bit off your quote…

although she does look a bit dumpy'

I would never say that about the web editor!

 

[Sandy Bottom]

I don't know what all the fuss is about with these various keel types. All the mentioned types are perfectly acceptable if they are designed, built , and (when required) maintained properly, none of them are acceptable if they are not.

 

[photodog]

IMHO, that is one fugly boat.

Sorry, what is the point? It's basically a AWB masquerading as a good seaboat... And instead of doing something uniqe... They have simply shoehorned the bigger modell down to something which doesn't work... The top sides look like a cross between a Hanse and a mystery... But with the arse of the old Bene 50 CC and the wheel from the 321... It's dumpy and singularly unattractive to the eye.. Where is the market for a unattractive 300k world girdling retro cruiser.

I predict a dissapointing sales ledger on that one..

 

[snooks]

I predict a dissapointing sales ledger on that one..

They have sold 3 off the plans already