Rustler 42

Construction

• Hand-laid GRP hull construction
• Construction to Stephen Jones design drawings
• Lloyd’s-approved materials specified in the original build documentation
• Double gelcoat system – Royal Navy Blue
• Isophthalic resin lay-up
• Chopped strand mat and woven roving reinforcement
• Construction intended to provide high resistance to porosity and tropical operating conditions
• Approximately 4.6 tonnes of lead ballast
• Lead ballast fully encapsulated within the keel structure
• Moulded long fin keel
• Full skeg-hung rudder
• Royal Navy Blue hull moulding
• Off-white deck moulding
• Royal Navy Blue topsides
• Underwater hull sandblasted back to gelcoat in February 2024
• Underwater surfaces filled and epoxy treated following stripping
• Antifouled annually (last antifouled April 2026)
• Rope stripper fitted

Engine & Propulsion & Steering

Main Engine

• Nanni N4.5 four-cylinder marine diesel
• 50 hp
• Replacement engine installed October 2020
• Approximately 2,800 engine hours stated in the current owner inventory
• Full service August 2026. Full engine log book.
• Shaft drive
• Max-Prop feathering propeller
• Rope stripper fitted
• Engine positioned centrally over the keel for weight distribution – Stephen Jones performance
• Engine installation accessible via removable surrounding panels
• Fuel lines replaced March 2025
• Engine instrumentation includes oil pressure monitoring
• Engine temperature monitoring
• Voltmeter
• Audible and visual engine warning alarms
• 150A engine-driven alternator stated in current owner inventory
• Split-diode charging system
• Battery isolator switches
• 2 x diesel fuel tanks totalling 325litres – access hatches – cleaned 2024

Steering

• Wheel steering
• Skeg-hung rudder
• Steering wheel calfskin covering renewed March 2024
• Jefa autopilot drive/system replaced April 2025
• Raymarine autopilot control head
• Monitor wind vane steering system installed from new

Rig & Sail Inventory

Rig

• Masthead cruising rig
• Complete standing rigging renewed March 2026
• Standing rigging replacement undertaken by Allspars, Plymouth
• Twin headsail downwind configuration
• Two downwind poles
• Pole uphauls
• Pole downhauls
• Jockey pole
• Dyneema forestay for secondary headsail
• Second headsail arranged to hank onto Dyneema forestay
• Dedicated mainsail trysail track on mast
• Furlex headsail furling systems
• Staysail Furlex furling system renewed March 2024
• Anemometer sensor and mast cabling renewed March 2026
• Hanked on Yankee sail stowed in forepeak. Spare hanked on staysail

Sail Inventory

• Fully battened mainsail – 2013
• Mainsail pack – 2022
• Lazy jack system
• Yankee – 2022
• Yankee on Furlex furler
• Staysail –
• Staysail and furling system new March 2024
• Mainsail trysail
• Dedicated mast track for trysail
• Storm jib
• Tri-radial spinnaker
• Associated spinnaker running rigging
• Twin-headsail downwind sailing arrangement

Deck Equipment & Ground Tackle

Deck Equipment

• Sprayhood, new December 2025
• Bimini, new December 2025 – protects helmsman whilst sailing
• Cockpit canopy, new December 2025
• Removable side panels providing complete cockpit shade
• Lewmar electric anchor windlass
• Manual windlass override
• Twin downwind poles
• Jockey pole
• Pole uphaul and downhaul systems
• Cockpit steering pedestal
• Wheel with renewed calfskin covering
• Deck gear configured for offshore and short-handed cruising
• S/S comms post on stern with crane for outboard lifting
• S/S BBQ – fitted to pushpit
• Warps/fenders etc
• Boarding ladder fixed port/starboard with gates in guard wire.

Ground Tackle

Primary anchor

• Rocna 20 kg anchor –
• Re-galvanised May 2026
• Approximately 95 m anchor chain – new 2024

Secondary anchor

• Delta 25 kg anchor
• Approximately 15 m chain
• Additional anchor warp

Kedge anchor

• Danforth 10 kg
• Approximately 5 m chain
• Additional anchor warp

Navigation & Communications

Navigation Electronics

• Raymarine C120 chartplotter
• Raymarine speed display
• Raymarine wind display
• Raymarine depth display
• Raymarine Tridata repeater
• Tridata transducer replaced December 2024
• Raymarine HD radar
• Raymarine autopilot control head
• Jefa autopilot system replaced April 2025
• Anemometer sensor replaced March 2026
• Anemometer cabling replaced March 2026
• AIS Class B – new active dedicated AIS aerial fitted March 2026

Communications

• Icom fixed VHF DSC
• Icom SSB installation
• SSB backstay aerial
• Pactor Modem IV weather fax
• Copper earthing/ground plate for SSB installation
• External satellite telephone aerial
• Starlink installation – Starlink aerial
• Dedicated Starlink inverter/power equipment
• Standard Horizon handheld DSC VHF
• BOSE domestic sound system

Electrical System

Domestic Battery Bank

• Three 250Ah AGM domestic batteries
• Approximately 750Ah combined nominal domestic capacity
• Domestic batteries renewed May 2026

Engine Battery

• Dedicated engine start battery
• Engine start battery renewed December 2024

Charging and Distribution

• Mastervolt battery management system
• 240V battery charger
• 150A engine alternator
• Split-diode charging system
• Battery isolator switches
• Shore power system
• Shore power lead
• Galvanic isolator
• 240V socket system
• 12V sockets fitted within each cabin
• 2.5 kW DC/AC inverter – new 2026
• Inverter new May 2024

Renewable Generation

• AirGen wind generator
• Silent-blade upgrade
• Wind generator installation renewed/upgraded in 2021
• 110W solar panel
• Solar panel mounted to bimini

Fresh Water System

• Stainless steel fresh water tanks positioned beneath saloon and galley floors – 3 separate tanks
• Approximately 500 litres / 110 gallons total fresh water capacity
• Inspection access to freshwater tanks
• Dip gauges
• Pressurised freshwater system
• Freshwater pump replaced June 2023
• Hot water system
• 240V water heating through the onboard electrical installation
• Spectrum watermaker
• Watermaker rebuilt and serviced January 2022
• Watermaker currently pickled for storage
• Hot and cold water supplied to domestic services

Accommodation

Aliana retains the principal Rustler 42 cruising accommodation but differs from the standard arrangement forward. The second heads originally offered in the forward section was deleted during build and replaced with additional wardrobe and drawer storage. This gives considerably greater stowage capacity for extended cruising while retaining one dedicated heads compartment. Constructed with teak joinery coupled with white tongue and groove bulkheads offers an extraordinarily light and airy modern atmosphere  (special request and substantial upgrade).

• One heads compartment
• Forward heads deleted from original build specification
• Additional forward wardrobe in place of second heads
• Additional drawer storage in place of second heads
• Extensive cruising stowage
• Saloon accommodation
• Galley
• Forward cabin
• Aft cabin accommodation
• 12V ventilation fans fitted in forward cabin
• 12V ventilation fans fitted in aft cabin
• 12V electrical sockets in cabins
• Webasto Air Top 5500 heating system – serviced 2026

Galley

• Three-burner OCEAN CHEF gas cooker, oven & grill – serviced
• Two propane Calor Gas bottles
• Provision for a third gas bottle
• Frigoboat refrigeration system
• Frigoboat KC35 controller renewed May 2026
• Refrigeration system re-gassed May 2026
• Double sink with manual fresh water footpump
• 3x 3.9Kg propane cylinders
• Gas safety certificate, Aug 2026.

Saloon

• Seating for 8 around a large folding table
• Curtains throughout
• Blinds on hatches
• Quarter berth

Safety Equipment

• Ocean Safety 6 man life raft – next service 2027
• Automatic gas fire-extinguishing installation serving the engine compartment
• SSB long-range communications installation
• Gas alarm
• Dan buoy
• Life ring
• Safety ladder
• Echomax radar reflector
• EPIRB – ACR – new 2020
•  x2 200m warps for heavy weather streaming.
• Drogue
• Ratchet wire cutter
• Strobe light with 24hr battery
• Fire extinguishers at all hatches, gas and powder
• Second portable safety ladder.

Cruising Systems

Aliana’s systems inventory reflects extended independent cruising rather than purely coastal use.

• Webasto Air Top 5500 heating system
• Webasto serviced in 2026
• Frigoboat refrigeration
• Frigoboat KC35 controller new May 2026
• Refrigeration re-gassed May 2026
• Spectrum watermaker
• Watermaker rebuilt and serviced January 2022
• Watermaker currently pickled
• Starlink satellite internet hardware
• External satellite phone aerial
• Icom SSB communications installation
• Copper SSB ground plate
• AirGen wind generator
• Silent wind-generator blades
• 110W solar panel
• 2.5 kW inverter
• 750Ah nominal AGM domestic battery bank
• Mastervolt battery management and charging system
• 240V shore power
• Galvanic isolator
• Webasto cabin heating
• Pressurised freshwater system
• Hot water system
• Holding tank
• 12V cabin ventilation fans
• Three-burner cooker with oven and grill
• Twin-headsail downwind system
• Dedicated storm jib and trysail
• Three-anchor ground tackle inventory