Rustler Yachts is a British yachtbuilder based in Falmouth, Cornwall, with a reputation for handbuilding high quality, semi-custom yachts. The yachts are primarily cruising-orientated designs,[1] built from glassfibre composite, with traditional hull forms and heavily built construction.[2]
History
The origins of Rustler are in the mid-1960s, when Kim Holman designed the Rustler 31 for Russell Anstey of Poole (hence the name Rustler, a play on Russell). Russell started Anstey Yachts and built the first thirty five or so. The molds were then sold on and she was built by various companies.[3] In the early 1980s, Orion Marine and its founder Ralph Hogg began building the traditional Rustler 36 design.[4]
The Rustler 42, launched in 1999, was the first in the new direction for Rustler.