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ONBOARD

New Classics

RUSTLER 36

The Rustler 36, a Holman and Pye design drawn in 1980, can also trace

its roots back to the Folkboat (rather more nebulously) via the Stella,

Twister, North Sea 24 and Rustler 31 (for build in timber). The 36 is a

drawn-out 31 for build in GRP. It’s still in build today (albeit sporadically)

and, although the Rustler 37 has overtaken it in terms of popularity, the

Rustler team would love to build a 36, partly because it’s the boat that

founded the firm, and partly because it would still be pretty much

unbeatable for the purpose. It’s the most popular boat in the Golden

Globe Race 2018 and on the wish list of at least two boatless

competitors. Past owners include Princess Anne.

Price: £218,000 + VAT, Tel: +44 (0)1326 310120, rustleryachts.com

Two boats to take you

around the world

Many of the competitors signed up to the 2018 Golden Globe Race are currently lacking a suitable yacht. The rules

stipulate a pre-1986 design with a long keel. In nearly all cases, the competitors have 1960s-designed GRP yachts, or

are looking for one. Two of these are what you might call living legends, being still in production. In reality, entrants

are looking at the secondhand market, but here they are, in all their glittering, brand-new glory. Both are beautiful,

seaworthy, easy to handle and would make a very sensible choice. Both are solid, long-keeled, transom-sterned

GRP bermudan sloops and both can trace their ancestry back to the Folkboat.

CONTESSA 32

More at classicboat.co.uk/new-classics

C/O RUSTLER YACHTS

C/O JEREMY ROGERS

The Contessa 32 grew from the 26, which in turn derived from

the Folkboat. It’s a David Sadler design with input from

builder Jeremy Rogers, whose son Kit continues to build

them new to this day. The Contessa 32, first launched at

the 1971 London Boat Show, is still synonymous in the

minds of many with the 1979 Fastnet Race, in which the

design proved its great seaworthiness. It has also

become, according to some, the most popular racer/

cruiser ever, with something like 700 built – one is in

build right now.

Price £189,000 + VAT, Tel: +44 (0)1590 646780

jeremyrogers.co.uk