2003 Selene 53' (16.15 m) 53 Ocean Trawler
Savannah, Georgia, United States
The Selene 53 Ocean Trawler is a luxurious and seaworthy yacht, known for its spacious interior and exterior, comfortable cabins, build quality, and reliable performance. Its smart design and high-quality construction make it perfect for long-range cruising in style and comfort.
Flag of Registry: United States
- Trawlers / Motor Yachts
- Power
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: XJE53011E303
| FEATURES: |
|---|
| Rebuilt 430 HP Cummins Engine (2025) |
| 52 HP Yanmar "get home engine" |
| New Generator (2025) |
| Naiad Stabilizers |
| Bow and Stern Thrusters |
| Notable Upgrades: Hull and deck house painted in 2016. Primary engine overhauled in 2025. Generator replaced in 2025. |
$ 650,000 USD
€ 557,324 Euros
$ 907,213 CAD
£ 487,262 GBP
Description
Step aboard this solid 2003 Selene 53 Ocean Trawler—a nice example of one of the most respected passagemakers in her class. Designed for comfort, efficiency, and reliability, this yacht delivers the ideal blend of classic craftsmanship and serious bluewater capability.
Recently benefiting from a complete Cummins main engine rebuild (April 2025), a new 12.5 kW Westerbeke generator (Nov 2025), fresh bottom paint (Nov 2025), and overhauled stabilizers (Nov 2025), she’s ready to cruise with a few updates to her electronics. Her warm teak interior, three-stateroom layout, stabilizers, and bow and stern thrusters make her equally suited for extended voyaging or elegant coastal cruising.
Built by Jet Tern Marine with Selene’s renowned attention to detail, it includes proof of proper importation into the U.S., offering peace of mind for her next owner. This is a rare opportunity to own a proven ocean trawler that combines timeless style, seaworthy design, and the comfort of home—wherever your next horizon lies.
Data Sheet
HIN/IMO: XJE53011E303
Official Number: 1145740
LOA: 59' 10'' (18.24 Meters)
Type: Power- Used
Year: 2003
Beam: 16' 8''
LOD: 53' 6''
LWL: 52' 2''
Draft Max: 5' 4''
Cabins: 3
Sleeps: 7
Heads: 2
Maximum Speed: 11.5 Knots
Cruise Speed: 9 Knots
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Shape: Displacement
Air Conditioning: Yes
Tower: No
Bridge Clearance: 26' 2''
Stabilizers Brand: Naiad
Bow Thruster: Yes
Stern Thruster: Yes
Fuel Tank: 1100 Gallons (4163.95 Liters)
Fresh Water: 400 Gallons (1514.16 Liters)
Holding Tank: 70 Gallons (264.98 Liters)
Displacement: 95000 lbs
Imported: Yes
Builder: Selene Yachts
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Cummins
- Engine Model: 6CTA8.3M3
- Engine Year: Rebuilt - 2025
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 430.00
- Power KW: 320.65
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 5.00
- Hours Date: 10-16-2025
- Engine Location: Middle
Engine 2
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 4JH3E
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 52.00
- Power KW: 38.78
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 781.00
- Hours Date: 10-16-2025
- Serial Number: E26517
- Engine Location: Port
Generators
Generator 1
- Generator Make: Westerbeke (2025)
- Generator KW: 12.50
- Generator Hours: 2
- Generator Date Hours Recorded: 10/16/2025
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Interior
Ho Hum offers luxurious accommodations for extended cruising and liveaboard use. It features a spacious owner's cabin with an en-suite head amidships and two guest cabins forward with an additional head. One of the guest cabins doubles as an office. The interior is finished with high-quality materials, including teak joinery, teak and holly flooring, granite counters, stainless steel ports, and plush upholstery.
- (2) CruiseAir reverse cycle A/C units - (5) air handlers
- Several 12-volt fans
- Splendide washer/dryer combo
- Teak and holly flooring. The carpeting shown in the photos has been discarded.
- New upholstery for the Salon, foredeck, aft deck, and flybridge, not including the pilothouse settee. (2021)
Entering from the large aft deck, one walks through the main salon, past the galley to port, and the stairway to the owner’s cabin to starboard before stepping up to the pilothouse. There is a stairway to the cabins located forward and to the starboard in the pilothouse, as well as stairs to the flybridge aft and to the starboard in the pilothouse.
The well-appointed salon is accessible from the aft deck. It is finished with quality teak joinery and teak and holly flooring. To the starboard, there are two seats and storage. To port, there is a folding dining table with an L-shaped settee. The upholstery was recently replaced. Thanks to large windows, the space has plenty of natural light and provides excellent exterior views. There are seven opening windows in the salon and galley.
The galley is forward to port in the salon. There are overhead cabinets, under-counter cabinets/drawers, abundant storage, and Corian countertops.
- Norcold refrigerator and freezer
- Raritan Icer-Ette Icemaker
- Princess by Seaward oven and three-burner stove
- GE Profile Microwave
- Stainless steel double sink
- Hot/Cold water faucet
- Separate filtered fresh water faucet
- Water-maker control in the galley
- CNG/Propane detector in the galley
- Miscellaneous galley equipment
- Grunert freezer and bottle storage in the af deck Lazzerette area
The pilothouse is forward of the galley/salon and aft of the foredeck. It provides excellent visibility from the helm and has exterior doors to port and starboard. There is an L-shaped settee with a teak table, a single pilot berth, a helm seat.
- Windshield wipers on the pilothouse windows
- Mesh snap on exterior sun shades for the pilothouse windows
- Stairs to the flybridge
- Direct access to the side decks via doors to port and starboard.
- Opening side windows
- Electronic Safe
Ho Hum’s accommodations include an owner’s cabin amidships with an en-suite head and two guest cabins with a shared head. A stairway leads to the guest cabins from the pilothouse, and a separate stairway leads to the owner's cabin in the salon.
The heads have Techma electric flush toilets and separate showers.
The large owner’s cabin is amidships with easy access to the pilothouse, salon, and mechanical room via companionways, fore and aft. It features a queen bed, storage space, and an en-suite head with a separate shower.
The primary guest cabin is forward with a queen bed and storage. The primary guest cabin and guest cabin share the guest head.
The guest cabin and office are to port. It has twin offset beds, a storage locker, and a desk with a chair.
Hull and Deck
Aft there is a stern platform with stainless steel safety rails and a transom door leading to the aft deck. The covered aft deck provides ample space for deck chairs and features a hatch that allows access to a large aft lazarette, as well as a molded stairwell leading to the flybridge. Side bulwark doors allow access to the side decks, which are well-protected by high bulwarks. The aft cockpit and covered sections of the side decks are finished with glued-down teak flooring, while the exposed areas have molded non-skid. Bulwark cap rails are varnished teak with snap-on protective covers.
- The hull and boot stripes were prepped and painted in 2016.
- The cabin house was prepped and painted in 2016.
- Removed and re-bedded the cabin house hardware (2016).
- Removed and re-bedded the cabin house windows (2020).
- New deck house exterior window covers (2022).
Aft Deck Equipment:
- Lifesling
- Hot and cold shower
- (2) 50 Amp shore power connections and two shore power cords
- Several stainless steel cleats
- Lazzarette: This area houses a built-in wine rack, Grunert freezer, water maker, and gear. The rudder and steering gear are also in this area.
The flybridge offers excellent visibility from the helm station. A bimini covers it, and a fiberglass arch supports the radar and antennas. Built-in seating, a table, a helm station, two helm seats, a wet bar with a grill, and a sink make this space great for entertaining!
- Lights
- Speakers
- Grill with two propane canisters
- Sink
- Flybridge cushions (2023)
The aft sun deck accommodates the RIB with an outboard and a 1,200 lbs. davit. There is additional room for electric bikes and chairs if needed.
- Outboard: 30 HP Suzuki (age unknown)
- Tender: 2003 Zodiac YL 340 DL RIB (HIN: XDC069B1C303) - holds air, but it is old and ready for replacement.
- 1,200 lbs. hydraulic davit
The foredeck is accessible via a bulwark door on the starboard side that opens and leads to the walkaround deck. For safety, stainless steel rails surround the foredeck. There is a molded forward-facing settee with a cushion, a large anchor platform, an electric windlass, and a chain locker.
- Windlass: Maxwell 2500 12-volt dual anchor windlass
- Anchor 1: CQR galvanized plow anchor
- Anchor 2: Bruce 50 kg galvanized claw anchor
- Spare Anchor: Danforth galvanized anchor
Mechanical
Primary Engine: Cummins 6C TA 8.3 430 HP (Rebuilt April 2025 )ESN/Model: 46257365. 2/8/2025 - Performance Power Systems completed a full engine rebuild in April 2025.
- Replaced the main engine sea cock with a 2-inch Apollo valve and adapter in 2020.
- Replace Balmar 94-12-210-IG Alternator and Regulator MC-618 (2023).
- Twin Disk MG5075 marine transmission
- The cutlass bearing was replaced in 2018.
- Cummins control panel at both helms
Secondary Engine: Yanmar 4JH3E 52 HP "get home" engine with a separate shaft and feathering propeller
- Fluids and filters were replaced in June 2024.
- Transmission replaced (2024)
- Replaced port aft engine mount in 2023.
- Replaced the heat exchanger manifold in 2023.
- Removed, inspected, and flushed the heat exchanger in 2023.
- Zinc replaced in 2022
- S/N E26517
- Yanmar control panel at both helms
New Generator: 2025 Westerbeke 12.5BTDB 12.5 kW with control in the pilothouse
- Thrusters: Sidepower bow and stern thrusters with controls at both helms.
- Hydraulic steering system
- Racor fuel filters for the primary, get-home, and generator
- ESI Clean Fuel System 0 #CFS-1000 FRE #04R11813 (diesel fuel polishing system)
- Reverso 3-way oil change system (2023)
- Stabilizers: Naiad stabilizers with control in the pilothouse
- Fireboy automatic fire suppression system in the engine room (requires inspection and re-certification)
- Village marine water maker with a control in the galley. Inspected in 2022.
- Torrid 20-gallon water heater
- Flojet water pressure system (2023)
- (2) CruiseAir reverse cycle A/C units - (5) air handlers. A new Cruisair circulating pump was installed in 2023.
Plumbing
- Water Maker: Village Marine Tec water maker with a control in the galley
- Torrid 20-gallon water heater
- Jabsco Flojet freshwater pressure system (2022)
- Washer/Dryer: Splendid 7100XC washer/dryer combo unit
- Hot/Cold shower - aft deck
- Hot/Cold water sink - flybridge
- Tank watch 4-level monitor system
- (3) Rule 2000 electric bilge pumps with float switches
- (1) Rule 3700 bilge pumps with a float switch
- (1) Whale Gulpar manual bilge pump
- (2) Techma electric flush toilets
- Shower sump pumps
- Fresh water washdown (2020)
- Fresh and raw water at the bow
- Fresh water hose in the engine room
- Propane system with two tanks in a dedicated propane locker on the flybridge
- Dedicated propane tanks for the flybridge grill
- *(2) +/- 550-gallon GRP fuel tanks (1,100 total)
- *+/- 400-gallon water
- *Please independently confirm all measurements noted in this listing.
Electrical
- 120-volt AC system
- 230-volt AC system
- 12-volt DC system
- (4) 50-amp shore power connections (2 at stern and 2 at bow)
- GENERATOR: 2025 Westerbeke 12.5 KW
- (2) alternators
- Alternator: Replaced Balmar 94-12-210-IG Alternator and Regulator MC-618. (2023)
- 80 amp battery charger
- Mastervolt Chargemaster 12/35-3 charger
- (1) 4D Battery, (3) 8D Batteries, (1) 8D Battery (2022).
- Xantrex Prosine 3.00 inverter/charger
- Xantrex System Control Panel
- Xantrex battery monitor
Electronics and Navigation
- The electronics are obsolete and or inoperable and should be replaced.
- Starlink - mounted on the flybridge arch (2022)
- Simrad CA54 15" multifunction at the pilothouse helm (INOP)
- Simrad IS15 wind/depth/speed display (pilothouse, flybridge, and owner's cabin) (INOPP
- Radar
- Simrad AP20 autopilot at the pilothouse helm
- Big Bay 15" monitor (pilothouse and flybridge) INOP
- Icom IC-M602 VHF radio (pilothouse)
- Icom IC-M502 VHF radio (flybridge)
- Qualcomm Globalstar Satellite Phone in pilothouse
- Raymarine handheld VHF radio
- Danforth compass (pilothouse and flybridge)
- Cummins Marine control system
- Spotlight - mounted on the flybridge
- Horn
- Alpine Stereo
- (10) speakers throughout the vessel
- Samsung TV in the owner's cabin
- TV in the salon and the owner's cabin
Construction and Air Draft
Gelcoat for hull (painted with Awlcraft in 2016), deck, superstructure & non-skid Vinylester resin for the first five lamination layers. Cymax bi-axis uni-direction stitched roving/mat. Glass mat and Divinycell core sandwich structure for hull side shell and superstructure. Longitudinal stringers & transverse frames system. Four watertight bulkheads (chain locker, fwd. E/R, after E/R, lazarette). Hull and deck joint sealed by glue bolted and laminated with mat and woven roving. Integral swim platform with extended hull. Recessed bow thruster tunnel. Integral FRP stern thruster.
The following air draft measurements are approximate and have not been confirmed.
- Bridge Clearance Mast Up: 26′-2″
- Bridge Clearance Mast Down: 15' 8"
- Bridge Clearance Radar Arch Up: 17' 9"
- Bridge Clearance Radar Arch Down: 14' 7"
Safety Equipment
- Lifesling - aft deck
- EPIRB (Expired battery, conveys as-is)
- Fireboy automatic fire suppression system in the engine room (requires re-certification)
- Life Jackets
- Fire extinguishers
- Revere Offshore 8-person life raft (Not certified, conveys as-is)
- (4) automatic bilge pumps (aft, engine room, mid, and fwd)
- One manual bilge pump
- CNG/Propane Detector in the galley
Disclaimer
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith, but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents or his surveyors to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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We look forward to working with you!
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