Aat Ruts has owned Panta Rhei II hull #128 since she was built in 1974. To be more specific, in 1974 Camper & Nicholson sold Aat Ruts a “partial assembly” and the interior was built by Aat Ruts. And as you can see from the photos below, Aat did a beautiful and unique job of outfitting Panta Rhei II. As of this writing, Panta Rhei II is for sale, and since hull #128 is the only Nicholson 38 still owned by the original purchaser, I wanted to honor his legacy by posting the photos that Aat shared with me.
Panta Rhei II on her mooring in HollandPanta Rhei II docked
Forward Cabin
Front cabin, 2 berths to be converted two one kingsize bed
Forward bulkhead
Converted to single berth, looking aft
Port side, looking aft
Main cabin and Galley
Main cabin looking forward into forward cabin
Forward bulkhead starboard
Lamp, starboard looking aft
similar view
Storage
Storage starboard forward
Main cabin from cockpit
Companion way steps
Galley with double sink, hot and cold water
Maincabin galley with lockers, dustbin, coolbox, washbasins. etc
Storage above sink
Ice box port forward
Storage cutlery and pottery
Charttable with English gimbaled stove with grill and oven under neath
Original cooker
Unbelievably well preserved!
Aft Cabin
Quarter berth starboard
aft berth sink
Electronics and Electrical
Radio. bilgepump control and storage navigation tables and books
Battery charger and 12v converter
Battery box, two batteries for domestics and navigation, 120 Ah each.
Engine battery separate in engine room, 80Ah.
Switchpanel and second charttable.
Boardnet and battery charger for three batteries
Battery control and management
Communication center with VHF, shortwave receiver Lowe 150 and 27Mctransceive. Laptop for navigation, OpenCPN and Open plotter etc. not installed.
Waterpressure system 7 l. (Boiler with hot water 30l. next to engine.)
