2025 West Coast Selene Owners’ Rendezvous Recap

The 2025 Selene Owner’s Rendezvous took place from April 22–27 in the beautiful setting of Roche Harbor, Seattle. This year’s gathering welcomed 32 Selene yachts and approximately 100 owners and guests, all coming together to celebrate their shared passion for cruising and community.

Many old friend of Selene owners met together annually to chat their cruising story like the trip to Alaska … they are so enjoying their life of cruise with Selene and they all presence their appreciation to Howard and Jet-Tern Marine to built a high quality and beautiful boat for them, to make their dream come true.. many of them said people always asking what is the brand of their beautiful Selene, they all feel proud to be a Selene owner.

Over the course of four memorable days, attendees enjoyed a variety of activities including social gatherings, informative seminars, and the popular Trawler Crawl. The event also welcomed several new Selene owners who joined the rendezvous for the first time, adding fresh energy to the gathering.

Two Selene owner couples flew in from Europe to attend the Selene Owners’ Rendezvous in Roche Harbor, each bringing their unique cruising stories and enthusiasm for the Selene community. One couple, proud new owners of the Selene 66 MAZU, gave a presentation on their first major voyage—an unforgettable two-week cruise from L’Escala, Spain to Trieste, Italy. During this journey, they captured over 1,000 photos and videos, documenting the adventure and beauty of cruising aboard their Selene.

The second couple, from England, keep their Selene 60, Crescendo, moored in Europe and were equally thrilled to join the Rendezvous. For both couples, the pleasant moment was being surrounded by so many fellow Selene owners and yachts all in one place. They expressed how deeply they appreciated the warm, family-like atmosphere and felt that they had truly found a home within the Selene community.

Adding to the value of event, several practical App. Like www.predictwind.com also had their introduction to the attendees, renowned marine surveyor Steve D’Antonio delivered an insightful seminar on “Failure Analysis and Prevention.” His expert guidance provided extremely helpful and informative for all Selene owners in attendance, reinforcing the commitment to safe and knowledgeable cruising.

A special guest of the event was the debut of the Selene 92 Ocean Explorer, WATTA RYDE, the largest yacht ever built by Jet-Tern Marine.

The stunning vessel drew admiration from all attendees. Guests had the opportunity to tour the yacht and commemorate the moment with a group photo taken by drone.

Jet-Tern Marine’s founder and CEO, Howard Chen, along with Selene Yachts Americas, proudly served as the title sponsors of the event. Guests were thrilled by Howard’s presence, and each received a personally signed copy of the Selene Life book, making for a cherished souvenir.

At Saturday night’s farewell dinner party, everyone enjoyed a delicious buffet and fine wine, generously sponsored by Selene Yachts Americas. The evening included a fun raffle with a variety of great prizes—Howard even brought beautifully packaged Taiwanese tea from Taiwan as a special raffle gift. Each participating yacht received a custom-engraved glass with “Selene Owners West Coast Rendezvous 2025” as a souvenir from the organizers. To wrap up the night, all the owners and guests signed on the Selene Owners’ Rendezvous banner, which was then presented to Howard as a heartfelt gift. He plans to proudly display it in the Jet-Tern Marine gallery.

The event concluded on a highlight with commanded by Cap. Wayne Goldman… a grand parade of 16 Selene yachts on a bright Sunday morning. Watching the elegant line of yachts circle back through the marina before setting out on their own adventures was a breathtaking finale.

At the end of the grand parade, Howard—aboard the Selene 92 with owner Kurt, beginning their 11-hour cruising back to Tacoma Marina—spoke over VHF to every Selene owner in the parade lineup:

“Dear Selene owners, this has been an amazing Selene Rendezvous and a grand parade with 16 boats in a line—a new record! I’m truly happy to have met you all. Enjoy your voyage on board Selene, I look forward to seeing you again next year!”