GRACE, STRENGTH AND… SPEED The Selene 59 Ocean Clipper is the last iteration of Howard Chen’s talent. A Selene repeat client and skipper, was looking for a yacht as beautiful and safe as any Selene, but faster in order to explore the Mediterranean Sea, without losing the ocean-going capacity of the Selene Trawlers. Howard Chen’s design team took up the gauntlet, working with the renowned Dutch designer Guido de Groot, and the new Ocean Clipper semi-displacement line was born! The first was launched in November 2017 at the shipyard on the Pearl River, reaching the expected speed of 20 knots with her twin Cummins engines. With 3 luxury cabins, a large salon and a wide pilothouse with a commanding view on the surroundings, the 59’ Ocean Clipper reveal all the skills and know-how of the Selene shipwrights and engineers. Thanks to the traditional and perfectly adjusted Selene joinery and a beautiful cream leather upholstery the interior atmosphere is warm and cheerful; it is the ambience of a compact super-yacht with an impressive hi-gloss varnish, shiny hardware and elegant light fixtures. The pilothouse is a captain’s dream with a large dashboard, which can host a full array of electronic display instruments, and the high-raised settee, concealing a cosy watch-berth, is a perfect observation spot for the passengers. But the guests have many other options on this yacht: the foredeck sports two loungers and a deck salon while the fly bridge, accessible from the pilot house, is an exterior lounge sheltered under a hard top with a sliding roof! On the technical side, the engine room is a captain’s dream with an access hatch in the cockpit and perfectly laid-out systems. With the generous soundproofing, one can easily forget the two engines underway. To the Selene motto ‘’Grace and Strength’’ Howard Chen has added the magic of ‘’speed’’….