2007 Selene 5353ft

"Next Chapter" is Corporate Owned Selen 53 2007

This vessel is gorgeous. The Selene 53 has had over $150,000 in upgrades to her by the owners. They have made significant improvements to the galley, equipment list, and other comforts that have made "Next Chapter" a favorite by her owners and guests

This is a 3 Stateroom Selene 53 which offers owners and guests a VIP Stateroom Forward, Guest Stateroom/Office with over-under berths, and a Midships Centerline Master for the ultimate in comfort aboard.

Engine Access from the Master Stateroom walk-in. There is a separate hatch from the Galley to the Engine Room as well for quick access.

After the Engine Room is a separate bulkhead that is the Selene-typical Commissary - this is a clean and dry area for your long-range dry storage for cruising. Commissary is accessed right inside the Main Salon sole with a hatch and short steps A large Keel-Cooled freezer is located in the commissary. 

Next aft and outside is a very large Lazarette for storing equipment, including powerlines, spares, fishing/diving gear.  Village Marine watermaker  (40 gal per hour) is located here as well as access to the steering system.  The upgraded inverter is located to starboard; 8 Lifeline house batteries are installed here as are the 2 rear thruster batteries.

Two CruiseAir heat/air conditioning units serve both the lower and upper areas of the boat offering excellent comfort for cruising both north and south

PRINCIPAL STATEROOM - This is accessed from the steps to the right of the Pilothouse. The Principal is both Midships and Centerline, offering Selene Owners the best place in the boat for both comfort and interior space. There are hanging lockers on each side of the cabin, with the Master Head to Starboard with Corian counters and separate shower. Opening ports on each side of the stateroom and head offer excellent ventilation.

VIP STATEROOM - Located farthest forward, is a centerline full-width cabin that offers a very comfortable stay aboard. It has its own entrance into a second head. Corian counters, separate shower, opening ports. Tecma heads are in both the VIP and Principal heads.

GUEST STATEROOM/OFFICE –Located just aft of the VIP and off the foyer that provides access to Principal, Guest, and VIP. This stateroom features over-under berths for extra guests, a hanging locker, reading lights, and opening ports.  It is currently servicing as an office but can be easily converted back to sleeping space.

Galley

Galley has received excellent upgrades with a custom refrigerator and freezer unit, Force 10 stove/oven, trash compactor, and additional galley storage cabinetry.  Other features include: new (2020) GE Microwave/Convection, special burl-wood-style granite countertops and overhangs with sliding doors to place items under the counter for extra space, two large refrigerator drawers to starboard offering still more space for food and drink.  A large ice marker is installed off the stairs to the pilot house

Pilothouse/Flybridge/Decks

The Pilothouse features access from the Main Salon, 2 side-deck doors to head forward to the bow or aft along the side decks on both sides of the boat, and steps to the cabins below. There are steps to the flybridge and hardtop with a protective windshield. The pilothouse features "Dutch" style doors that can open the top half for ventilation and offer a variety of fresh air options.  A set of white internal windshield cover shields cuts the heat when not cruising and offers privacy.  A ceiling skylight can be opened to the air.  The seating is designed to be elevated and the views forward to the outside are a major plus for the Selene.  A small day bed is included as are cabinets for charts, boat documentation, and safety equipment.

The Flybridge features navigation equipment and two side by side seats for steering. Flybridge has a settee for guest seating and a table—all icompletely under the factory-installed hardtop. A recently updated canvas/isinglass windshield offers protection and has an optional opening for air flow when cruising,  A new (2021) high-end infra-red Magma BBQ with cloth cover and a sink with hot/cold fresh water is installed to starboard.  The flybridge also has excellent space for entertaining when tender is deployed.  Generous space is found in cabinets for storing propane and other gear.  

Stairs lead down to the pilot house and a convenient aft stairway to the generous back deck area that offers room for chairs and small tables.  A swim shower is accessible to the swim ladder aft. A large, lockable floor door opens to the lazarette.  Walking along the back of the deck allows easy access to the dock for boarding along with small side doors.  Walking outside along either of the outside passageways leads to the large front deck with seating facing forward.  The front deck allows easy access to the anchors and large Maxwell double windlass.  The boat has railings all around the decks and passageways for maximum safety at sea.

Completed before the Fubar Trip from San Diego to La Paz, Mexico in 2011, the Galley received an excellent upgrade with a brand new refrigerator and freezer unit, force 10 stove/oven, and additional galley storage cabinetry. The owners have been very happy with the performance and also bolster their cold storage with a Keel-Cooled freezer located in the Commissary. 

With the granite counter overhangs, the owners added sliding doors to place items under the counter for extra space and keep the counters clean and tidy.

"Next Chapter" features a 12/24 DCV,110/220 ACV system with 8 AGM Lifeline house batteries (1,000 amp), and additional banks of 2 batteries each for engine starting, generator starting, and rear thruster and bow thruster.  Power is further supported by an enhanced main engine alternator (Delco 105 amp) (older alternator serves as a spare), and a recently upgraded Outback Inverter. There are two 2 Mastervolt charger systems with controls in pilot house and a Xantrex battery monitor.  Two, 50 amp, 125/250 volt inputs (house and air) for shore power are available from both the stern and bow deck areas, together with Marinco TV and telephone inlets.  The large 16 kw generator in the engine room completes the power profile.  Note that there are large areas on top of the boat for the installation of a number of solar panels if desired.

The boat features a very-well designed navigation system with redundancy between flybridge and pilot house for most electronics, steering, and thruster controls.   Having been cruised extensively in both Alaska and Mexico, this Selene 53 features a Iridium world phone system, a new IridiumGO hotspot for satellite navigation with SAT phonecapability using a personal cell phone.  An added inReach Satellite communicator is also installed. There are a number of outlets for power in the pilot house for added computer tablets for navigation software and entertainment.

Additional electronics include:

• RayMarine ST-60 wind/depth instruments 
• E  Series 120 Raymarine chart plotter and radar (Navionics chips for US, Mexico, Canada, Alaska)
• AIS and Raymarine weather modules integrated into displays
• 2 Simrad AP-25/26 Autopilot w/controls at both flybridge and pilot house plus an autopilot portable remote control is also available.  (An A/B switch is installed in lazarette to facilitate autopilot pump switch between the two autopilot pumps if necessary.)  
• 2 Nauticomp displays for chart plotter/radar in pilot house
• Forward looking sonar with integrated screen installed in pilot house
• Remote YachtController for assisting with transmission shifting and bow/stern thrusters; this allows accurate control of the boat from outside the pilot house when docking and backing the boat)
• Additional docking help is offered with the thrusters using the special Sidepower thruster hand-held controller; this allows for control of thrusters for docking from every part of the boat including back of flybridge.)
• A set of “marriage saver” microphones and headset adds to communication.
• 2 M604 VHF's radios installed at the Flybridge and pilot house w/Commander Mike & Loudhailer, 
• 2 Flatscreen TVs served by KVH Satellite dome (DirectTV boxes needed)
• Wiring in place for local WiFi service or for installation of newer WiFi systems like Starlink
• Wireless Cradlepoint network modem capable of hosting Wi-Fi signals using installed Rogue Wave antenna system and making signal available inside boat
• AM/FM radio with MRD-70 CD player and 6 Sony speakers installed in salon, pilot house and flybridge, 
• XM Satellite radio that is wired to sound system
• remote camera for engine room monitoring 
• Remote control panel for the watermaker
• EPIRB 
• Ritchie compasses

• Tender: Upgraded 13’ Caribe tender with brand new Yamaha 25 hp engine (2022), new oversized start battery, Garmin chart plotter, VHF radio and antenna, bilge pump, nav lighting, console grab bar for easy boarding 
• Fireboy suppression system, certified fire extinguishers in every room, and wireless networked C02/smoke detectors with 10-year battery
• Spurs line cutter
• Stainless steel staples on the transom
• 2 salon barrel chairs
• Stainless steel window frames and Ocean air screens for all windows
• Pull down shades for all windows in the salon
• Tinted glass windows in salon
• Sidepower thrusters (stern and bow)
• Wesmar digital stabilizers with ability to monitor motion on Nauticomp display
• ESI fuel polishing system
• Reverso oil change system
• Hydraulic steering & engine controls
• Asko separate washer & dryer
• ACR remote-controlled electric searchlight
• PYI dripless shaft seal
• Bilge Buster installed in main stateroom bilge
• 2 sets of “Flopper Stoppers” with whisker poles for stabilization at anchor
• Custom stainless steel kayak holders attached to rail on boat
• Ultra 100-pound stainless steel primary anchor with 400 feet of chain.
• Secondary Delta anchor with 300 feet of chain.
• Danforth aft anchor with 300 feet of rode stored in starboard cabinet across from laundry area
• Maxwell wireless chain counter and remote control
• Ultra anchor snubbers
• 400 feet of stern tie flatline on stainless Ultra wheel mounted on rail on the boat upper deck. 
• Wearable MOB sensors
• Enhanced main engine exhaust system and atomizer 
• Stainless steel exhaust elbow for generator
• Shore power cords: 
• 1, 50 foot 50amp
  • 2, 25 foot 50 AMP
  • 2, 30 AMP cords and 30 AMP to 50 AMP pigtail for use at marinas with no 50 amp service
  • covers for teak railings after teak refurbishing
  • Refurbished outside upholstery on flybridge and front deck 
  • Replaced all light bulbs inside and outside with LED
  • multicolored underwater lights
  • Complete renewal and repacking of life raft
  • Professional grade first aid kit 
  • New spectra/rope cable and new pendant weight for davit
  • All boat manuals in file boxes 
  • Several boxes of spares and oils and filters (lazarette)
  
  

  TotalPower

  Generator Make2007 Northern Lights 16Kw  (1800 hours)

  Engine Make Cummins  (3400 hours)

  Engine Model QSL9

  Engine Year 2007

  Total Power 405hp

  Engine Type Inboard

  Drive Type Direct Drive

  Fuel Type Diesel

  Rope Cutter ✓

   

   

  Keypower PTO         Works off of generator and offers 4 knots forward/reverse  with control panel in pilot house  (PTO also can be used for fishing)

   

   

The following is a list of the extra/upgraded equipment purchased and installed after the purchase of the vessel in March 2010 in no particular order:

Ultra 100 pound stainless steel primary anchor with 400 feet of chain. (04/2010)

Secondary Delta anchor with 300 feet of chain. (04/2010)

Wireless chain counter and remote anchor control. (05/2013)

Upgraded engine alternator with original alternator as a spare (04/2010)

Bilge Buster installed in bilge (04/2010)

400 feet of stern tie flatline on stainless Ultra wheel mounted on rail on boat deck. (04/2010). 

Yachtcontroller for remote thruster and engine control – operate the boat from anywhere. (04/2010)

Digital upgrade of Wesmar stabilizers with dedicated overhead mounted monitor. (05/2011)

Forward looking sonar with integrated screen installed on pilothouse overhead (04/2010)

Stabilizers mechanically re-built and re-sealed. (10/2011) Resealed again (10/2015).

Engine room and cockpit cameras with dedicated monitor in pilothouse. (10/2011)

AIS, MOB with wearable sensors and Weather modules added to Raymarine system. (04/2010)

Main engine exhaust system and atomizer rebuilt in its entirety (10/2011)

Main engine exhaust riser replaced (08/2015)

Galley completely retrofitted with household Summit refrigerator, under counter storage and custom drawers (10/2011)   

Swimstep ladder mount rebuilt (05/2013)

Standard Grunert freezer in commissary replaced by Frigoboat keel cooled unit (10/2011)

A/B switch installed in lazarette to facilitate autopilot pump switch. (10/2011)

Battery bank and main engine and generator starter batteries replaced by Lifeline Gel batteries. Capacity of battery bank increased to 1,000 amp hours. (10/2011)

Genset exhaust elbow replaced by stainless steel unit. (10/2011)

VHF radio and Garmin 541 chart plotter/sounder added to dinghy (03/2011)

Upgradable Raymarine chart chips from Peru to Alaska (05/2011)

Garmin chart chips Mexico, US and British Columbia (10/2011 and 06/2013)

 Control wires in davit replaced (05/2013) and capacitor replaced (10/2015)

Dedicated HP laptop with complete navigation redundancy via AIS and Navionics software with upgradable charts from Peru to Glacier Bay, Alaska (04/10)

Built in Iridium satellite phone with household wireless handsets in the Pilothouse (Subscription required) (10/2011)

50 foot 50 AMP shore power cord (04/2010)

25 foot 50 AMP shore power cord (04/2011)

2 30 AMP shore power cords with dual Y connectors

Wireless Cradlepoint network capable of working with marina wifi carriers and local USB data cell phone cards in the US, Canada, and Mexico respectively. (Controls from the HP laptop in the pilothouse) (05/2013)

Custom stainless steel kayak holders attached to rail on boat deck (kayak not included) (06/2010)

The following is a list of the extra/upgraded equipment installed after the purchase of the vessel in April 2016 in no particular order:

Added outdoor seating and tables (2016)

New Samsung HDTV in Main Salon (2016)

Added electrical outlet under pilot house seating (2016)

Added additional 230 volt electric shore power cables/adapters (2016)

Added Force 10 Oven (2016)

Added office adaption to third stateroom (2016) (can be returned to original arrangement)

Added covers to teak railings after teak refurbishing (2016)

Added connections for WiFi Antenna (2017)

Replaced windshield isinglass and canvas (2018)

Added custom bumper covers (2018)

Refurbished all outside upholstery on flybridge and front deck (2019)

Upgraded and refurbished tender and Yamaha 40 outboard, including updated start battery (2018/2022)

Replaced all light bulbs inside and outside with LED

Updated remote chain counter for windlass

Updated to a more advanced inverter (2018)

Added white/blue underwater lights (2019)

Upgraded main toilet mechanisms (2019)

Upgraded seawater pumps on generator and main engine (2019)

Replaced and upgraded ALL eight house AGM D4 batteries in lazarette (2019)

Complete renewal and repacking of life raft (2019)

Replaced/upgraded first aid kit to professional grade (2019)

Replaced and upgraded water coolant equipment for main engine (2019)

Added inReach Satellite communicator (2019)

Added Irdium Go Satellite hot spot for electronics system (2019)

Replaced fresh-water pump (2018, 2021)

Replaced microwave oven (2021)

Replaced Magma grill with larger, high-end infrared model (2021)

Replaced rear thruster motor (2022)

Installed Sidepower thruster remote control (2022)

Installed new spectra/rope cable for the davit and replace pendant weight at end of the cable (2022)

Installed new larger water evaporator pan under refrigerator drawers in salon/galley (2021)

Enhanced major collection of spare parts (2016-2022)

Reorganized all boat manuals in file boxes (2022)

Rewrote all maintenance records for easy inspection (2022)

Organized all charts and sailing books for Mexico Cursing  (2022)