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Selene 52 Ocean Explorer

16.66 mLength overall

4.78 mBeam

31.2 tDisplacement

5,299 lFuel

ACE category

Ocean Explorer

Capability and style in the smallest hull the Ocean Explorer line offers.

Inspired by feedback from the Selene owner community and blue water adventurers like the YouTube duo The 71 Percent, the new Selene 52 Ocean Explorer is the perfect marriage of capability and style. As part of the Ocean Explorer series, this 52-foot vessel features a more open layout, larger windows and sleeker exterior lines than a comparable Selene Classic Explorer.

However, beyond the contemporary look, the Ocean Explorer maintains the performance and safety trademarks of every Selene. This includes a powerful raised pilothouse, a Portuguese bridge, and a seaworthy Class A Deep Hull designed for long-range yachting.

Influenced by real-world cruising experiences and recent technological advancements, the Selene 52 Ocean Explorer comes standard with the range’s most popular options, including lithium batteries, solar panels, power by Victron or Mastervolt, the navigation package of your choice, CMC stabilisers, and a single powerful John Deere 6068 engine backed up by a get-home drive.

Built around a comfortable saloon and galley-down configuration, the 52 features a pair of luxury staterooms, two heads, and a surprising amount of outdoor space. Whether you want to cross oceans, cruise the coast, or live aboard in modern luxury, the Selene Ocean Explorer 52 means passage-making without compromise.

Technical specification

Selene 52 Ocean Explorer

Dimensions

Length overall: 16.66 m (54′8″)
Length waterline: 14.55 m (47′9″)
Beam: 4.78 m (15′6″)
Max. draught: 1.72 m (5′8″)
Air draught, mast up: 7.20 m (23′8″)
Air draught, mast down: 4.30 m (14′2″)

Weight and capacities

Displacement: 31.2 t (68,800 lbs)
Fuel tank: 5,299 l (1,400 gal)
Water tank: 795 l (210 gal)

Machinery and performance

Range: 3,000+ nm @ 6 kn
Power: 230 hp
Engine: John Deere 6068, with get-home drive
Drive: Shaft (D-Drive)
Cruising speed: 9 kn
Max. speed: 11 kn

Accommodation

Accommodation: 2 cabins · 2 heads

Construction

Hull: GRP, full displacement
CE certificate: Category A — Ocean
Model year: 2027

Gallery

Selene 52 Ocean Explorer in detail

1 / 15Full profile from abeam in flat calm

What you can get

Key features of the Selene 52 Ocean Explorer

John Deere 6068 single engine

One John Deere 6068 rather than two: fewer things to service, and 5,299 l goes further behind a single shaft.

Hydraulic “get-home” drive

A hydraulic drive off the generator brings her home if the main engine stops — the single-engine answer to the twin-engine question.

Premium finishes with a choice of fabrics and countertops

Fabrics, countertops and joinery chosen at order, to the standard the yard reserves for one-off builds.

Bright, contemporary interior

Pale surfaces and a lighter joinery palette than the Classic Explorer — the same hull thinking, a different room to live in.

Larger windows throughout

More glass, lower sills: the saloon looks out at the water rather than at the horizon above it.

Robust systems with standard remote monitoring

Every tank, battery and bilge on one screen, and on your phone — the boat tells you what is happening rather than waiting to be asked.

Expansive flybridge with control station and large U-shaped settee

A second helm and a U-shaped settee above the saloon: the station you steer from in fine weather and the room you sit in at anchor.

FRP hardtop for shade and protection from the elements

Moulded FRP, not canvas. Shade that stays put in a blow and a mounting deck for solar, radar and the tender.

High-end appliances and equipment throughout

Galley and systems equipment specified at the level the rest of the boat is built to, rather than to a price.

Electric stabilisers at anchor

Holds her level in a rolling anchorage — 4.78 m of beam is stable under way and still rolls at rest, which is the difference between staying the night and moving on.

Electric or hydraulic bow & stern thrusters

Bow and stern together turn her on the spot, so 16.66 m goes into a finger berth without a second pair of hands. Electric or hydraulic, specified to suit the rest of the boat.

Hydraulic davit

Launches and recovers the tender without a crane or a favour, which is what makes a tender something you actually use.

Chilled water air-conditioning

Chilled water rather than split units: one plant, quieter, and it scales to 2 cabins.

Watermaker

Makes fresh water at sea, so the 795 l tank is a starting point rather than a limit on a passage of 3,000+ nm @ 6 kn.

Navigation package of your choice

One electronics supplier at the raised pilothouse helm, chosen at specification — radar, plotter, sounder and autopilot talking to each other on a boat that will hold 9 kn for days at a time.