Selene 72 Ocean Explorer

Design

Designer

Guido de Groot

Naval architect

James Fwu (JFNA)

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: explorer

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 23.09 m · 6 cabins · 5 heads · fresh water 2650 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

75.8 ft (23.09 m)

Hull length

—

LWL

66.8 ft (20.37 m)

Beam

19.4 ft (5.92 m)

Draft (min)

6.5 ft (1.98 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

24.9 ft (7.6 m)

Displacement

158,733 lb (72,000 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

6

Heads

5

Berths

—

Performance

Maximum speed

11.5 kn

Cruising speed

9 kn

Range

—

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

405 hp (Cummins)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Cummins

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

3,000 gal (11,355 L)

Fresh water capacity

700 gal (2,650 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Speed (knots), page header

11

Air draft / bridge clearance

bridge clearance: 25’-1” (7.6 M)

Power (HP), page header

405 twin

Fuel capacity

3,000 USG (11,355 L)

Speed

cruising 9 knots, top 11.5 knots (page text)

Engine

two Cummins QSL9 405 BHP; a single-engine version is also available (page text)

Unit basis

fresh water converted from US gallons

Displacement basis

no load condition stated, as printed (158,688 Lbs (72 t))

Layouts & Drawings

3 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  draw1-1 — Selene Yachts

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  draw2-1 — Selene Yachts

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  draw3-1 — Selene Yachts

About Selene Yachts

Premium production

Long-range trawler and explorer-yacht builder founded by Howard Chen in 1998, building in its own yard at Zhuhai, China — Classic Explorer and Voyager trawlers from 12.7 metres, Ocean Explorers to 30 metres, the faster Artemis line and the 39-metre Selene 128.

Selene is a division of the Selene Yachts Group, founded in 1998. The name goes back to 1970, when the Taiwanese architect Da-Hong Wang designed a memorial to the Apollo 11 moon landing and called it Selene, after the Greek goddess of the moon; years later Howard Chen studied under him at the School of Architecture of Tunghai University and, learning of the memorial, gave the name to his new line of yachts. The first shipyard opened in Dongguan, China, in 1998 — the historic headquarters is still in Hou-Jie, a town known for high-end furniture whose woods, veneers, granite and skilled labour suited yacht interiors — and the first yacht reached the United States in 1999. Since 2006 the company has had its own stainless-steel workshop. In 2008 it opened a second yard at Zhuhai near Macau, which Howard Chen landscaped himself, with two workshops of about 150,000 square feet, a 32,000-square-foot warehouse and four 100-ton cranes. For years the smaller yachts were built in Dongguan and the larger in Zhuhai; in 2017 the molds and tooling were moved, and from 2018 all boats are built at Zhuhai, which the company says can produce up to a hundred yachts a year. Over some twenty years Selene has built almost 400 yachts from 38 to 103 feet.

The Selene Yachts Range

Every model Selene Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Selene 98 Ocean Explorer98.4 ft
2. Selene 92 Ocean Explorer91.6 ft
3. Selene 78 Ocean Explorer78.5 ft
4. Selene 7275.8 ft
5. Selene 72 Ocean Explorer· this model75.8 ft
6. Selene 6671.4 ft
7. Selene 6268.8 ft
8. Selene 64 Ocean Explorer68.8 ft
9. Selene 6065.1 ft

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