New Listing – 2009 Selene 59 Ocean Trawler

Very lightly used and low hours, CE Cat-A, single-owner Selene 59 Ocean Trawler with comprehensive world-cruising specification. Presented in fantastic condition and ready to go in absolute comfort… anywhere.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Launched in 2009 to the order of her current and only private owner, CATYOPE was supplied through the French distributor for Selene Yachts and as such comes with full CE conformity to Category A – Ocean.

As part of Selene’s legendary ‘Ocean Trawler’ series, CATYOPE is hull no.14 of the extremely popular Selene 58/59/60 line of full displacement, deep-hulled exploration trawler yachts. Powered by a single 526hp John Deere diesel engine providing a cruising speed of 9-10 knots and a maximum speed of 12.2 knots, the Selene 59 boasts a trans-Atlantic range of 3,000Nm at lower displacement speeds. An added feature with CATYOPE is her ability to take power from the generator to the prop-shaft to provide emergency backup through the primary drive line at up to 6 knots, thus saving the need for an additional wing engine.

Although ideally configured for effortless and reliable world-cruising, CATYOPE has led a very relaxed life, being used lightly by her owners for summer cruises to the Aeolian Islands and around the eastern and western Mediterranean from her berth in the North East of Sicily. CATYOPE is yet to cross any big oceans and has accrued only 1,059hrs on her engine.

CATYOPE’s specification highlights include:-
• CE Category A – Ocean certification
• 3-cabin, 2-heads interior layout plus crew cabin with heads
• Flybridge configuration with GRP fixed bimini structure
• GRP construction with Divinycell sandwich topsides and solid laminate underwater sections
• Navy Blue Awlgrip painted topsides
• Teak laid side decks, flybridge and bathing platform
• Bulbous bow, central keel and full skeg-protected rudder blade for directional stability
• Wesmar hydraulic fin stabiliser system
• John Deere 6-cylinder 526hp diesel engine with 4-bladed propeller providing 9-10 knots cruise and 12.2 knots maximum speed
• Aft deck helm station for mooring manoeuvring
• Reverso OP700 oil change system
• ESI Clean ECS1000RE fuel polishing and management system
• Wesmar 25hp hydraulic bow and stern thruster
• Kohler 28kw 50hz 220/400vAC three phase diesel generator with PTO to propeller shaft for backup propulsion
• Mastervolt 220vAC/110vAC battery chargers and inverter
• 1.2kw solar panel array
• HRO 250lph reverse-osmosis watermaker
• Approx 9,842 litres fuel capacity allowing approx. range of 3,000Nm
• Approx 2,321 litres fresh water capacity
• Raymarine navigation package with G-series glass bridge system connected to triple screens at lower helm
• Raymarine open and closed array twin radar scanners
• AIS, fishfinder and VHF with DSC
• Teak interior joinery throughout
• Carrara marble counters
• Miele domestic appliances with induction hob, electric oven, microwave, and washer dryer
• Liebherr fridges and dishwasher
• Grunert freezers
• Flybridge galley with BBQ, induction hob, fridge, icemaker and sink
• Tecma freshwater electric heads
• Cruisair reverse-cycle air-conditioning
• Satellite TV system
• Opacmare electro-hydraulic high-low aft bathing platform with 850kgs load capacity for tender launch/stowage
• Opacmare hydraulic 3-stage folding 4.60m passerelle with remote control
• Twin anchors with Maxwell 3500 windlass

Maltese-flagged and EU VAT paid, CATYOPE is available for immediate delivery and is conveniently located in North East Sicily.

ABOUT SELENE YACHTS:

In 1970, a famous Taiwanese architect named Dr. Da-Hong designed a memorial to commemorate the successful Apollo 11 Moon landing. Since the NASA project was called Apollo, after the Greek god of the sun, and the project’s goal was Moon exploration, Mr. Wang decided it would be appropriate to name the memorial Selene after the mythical Greek goddess of the moon. Years later, Howard Chen became a student of Mr. Da-Hong Wang at the School of Architecture of Tunghai University in Taiwan. When he learned about the memorial he decided to call his new line of yachts ‘Selene’. The first yacht arrived in the United States in 1999, and to date there are more than 400 of them cruising around the world!

Initially, Selene Yachts was based in Taiwan, with a shipyard in Dongguan, China. The historic Selene Yachts headquarters is still located in a prosperous industrial town called Hou-Jie, which means ‘rich street’ in Chinese.

Dongguan is known for its high-end furniture industry. As a result, many of the materials that Selene Yachts has used to create the luxurious interiors of their yachts were readily available. High quality woods and veneers, fabrics, granite, and glass were all easy to find locally. In addition, skilled labour was plentiful in the region, and the local climate is ideal for fibreglass lamination. Since 2006, Selene Yachts has had its own stainless-steel workshop, which reduces dramatically the production costs and increases the quality. The Dongguan shipyard opened in 1998, and the first yacht was delivered to the United States in 1999.

In 2008, Selene Yachts opened another shipyard in Zhuhai near Macau, 70 miles from Dongguan. Howard designed the landscaping for the new facility, and he also invested a lot of time in the design of the buildings. The two cream-colored workshops and the four-story dormitory that stand near the Zhuhai road are very eye-catching compared to other industrial buildings in the area. The Zhuhai shipyard includes two workshops A & B each approximately 150,000 square feet and a warehouse of 32,000 square feet. Workshop B, is equipped with four cranes capable of lifting 100 tons and is the biggest single production shop in Asia. It can accommodate 36 sets of moulds or boats under construction.

For many years Selene Yachts built the smaller yachts in Dongguan and the larger ones in Zhuhai. Over the past 20 years, the company has built almost 400 yachts ranging in size from 38 feet to 103 feet in these two shipyards.

2009 Selene 59 Ocean Trawler ‘CATYOPE’ for sale – Asking Euro 1,100,000 EU VAT paid – full details here

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