Rustler 44Ds

The Stephen Jones designed Rustler 44DS is available to order! She is designed for fast blue water cruising, and features a raised deck saloon for great visibility , a large owners cabin aft and spacious guest cabin forward. featuring voluminous tankage and stowage, an 85 hp Nannidiesel, and a high level of base specs together and options with a wide ability to tailor a yacht to an individual buyers requirements , if your looking for a beautifully built cruising yacht, the Rustler 44DS should be on your list. Call Berthon USA , the US dealer for Rustler Yachts today !

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean”

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Moulded in accordance with Stephen Jones construction drawings. The lay?up is comprised of isophthalic gel coat (double gel), colour white, with complexes of chopped strand matt and woven rovings, hand laid with isophthalic resin on the first two layers.
• Bulkheads are of 18mm marine grade plywood bonded to the hull and deck and longitudinal stiffening stringers are foam cored.
• A single boot top located above antifouling level, colour to customers choice.
• Recessed cavita line in hull moulding inlaid with a gold tape. Lifting marks are located on the inside of the toerail below the capping.
• Coachroof 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 the resultant bulwarks capped in teak.
• Stanchion bases and cleats are mounted on top and through bolted.
• A choice of colours is available for hull and decks, however the standard yacht is offered with white topsides and offwhite decks as standard. The side decks have a moulded?in non slip finish. Teak laid side decks are available as an option. The hull has two coats of antifouling applied to the owners colour choice, with a boot top.

Keel & Rudder:

• A 60mm stainless steel rudder stock with four stainless steel tangs inside a GRP foam filled rudder. A bronze heel casting is fitted to the half length skeg and locates the rudder stock. It is designed for easy removal. The rudder tube terminates with a bronze gland with greased stuffing and the top bearing passes through a Lewmar roller bearing.
• The head of the stock is very easily accessible from the cockpit for fitting an emergency tiller that is supplied. Engine beds are in GRP and incorporate a sealed drip tray. Epoxy primer system followed by two coats of Awlgrip Gold antifouling to a colour of customers choice.
• Proprietary Jones bulb design keel geometry. A single piece casting of lead external ballast with 4% antimony fastened to hull with 24mm dia. Stainless steel bolts.

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