Selene built its name on ocean trawlers that cross oceans at eight knots. The Artemis 39 is the other side of that business, a planing flybridge yacht that runs to 23 knots and still carries the yard joinery standards below deck.
At 11.98 metres on a 3.69 metre beam, she is the smallest boat in the Artemis range and the easiest to berth. The layout is open rather than compartmented: a saloon reached from the cockpit through a sliding glass door, a galley that works with it rather than hiding from it, and two staterooms below. Forward there is a queen berth, amidships a double cabin, and both have their own access to a generous head with an enclosed shower stall.
Twin diesels producing 640 horsepower between them give the boat its pace, and a 9 kW generator is standard rather than an option, which tells you how the yard expects owners to use her. Fuel capacity is 900 litres, fresh water 260 litres, displacement 10.5 tonnes, draft a shallow 0.72 metres that opens up thin water most flybridge yachts have to avoid.
For a buyer the appeal is the combination. Most 39 foot planing yachts in this bracket come off volume production lines. This one comes from a yard that builds long-distance passagemakers, and the construction discipline travels across. She suits owners who want weekend speed without giving up the cabinetry and finish of a much slower boat.
Length
12M
Beam
3.7M
Draft
0.7M
Day Guests
Sleeping
4
Cabin
2
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
23KT
Fuel
900L
Engine
2 x 320 hp diesel inboard
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Twin diesels turn a compact hull into a boat that can cover real distance at real speed.
The standard fit is two 320 horsepower diesel inboards, 640 horsepower combined, enough to carry the Artemis 39 to 23 knots and settle her comfortably below that at a cruising pace. Fuel capacity runs to 900 litres and fresh water to 260 litres, enough for a genuine weekend away rather than a day trip. Draught is a shallow 0.72 metres, which opens up anchorages that most planing flybridge yachts of this length have to avoid, and a 9 kilowatt generator comes as standard fit rather than an option. That detail says more about the yard’s intentions than the speed does. Selene expects this boat to be lived on, not just driven.
On board, the cockpit and saloon behave as a single room rather than two.
A sliding glass door is the only thing separating them, so stepping in from the cockpit costs nothing in warmth or conversation. The galley runs alongside the saloon rather than hiding behind a bulkhead, open enough that whoever is cooking stays part of the gathering rather than excluded from it. It is a small boat’s answer to a bigger one’s problem: rather than compartmentalise, Selene has kept everything on one level and let the spaces run into each other. For a couple or a family cruising short hops along the coast, that openness does more for daily comfort than square footage alone would.
Two cabins, each with its own way to a head, cover what a couple or small family actually need.
Forward, a queen berth cabin takes the widest part of the bow. Amidships, a double cabin sits lower and quieter, away from the anchor chain and the slap of the bow wave. Both have direct access to a head fitted with an enclosed shower stall, so neither cabin depends on the other for its own bathroom. Nothing here chases a brochure cabin count. The Artemis 39 sleeps four properly rather than six at a squeeze, and the discipline shows in how liveable each space feels once the sea gets up.
Everything about the Artemis 39 is sized to be run by two people, not a crew.
A 9 kilowatt generator comes as standard fit, not an option, so air conditioning and galley equipment are not left to chance on a hot afternoon at anchor. Fresh water capacity of 260 litres and fuel of 900 litres give an owner real range between stops without needing to plan every outing around a marina. At under 12 metres, she is also simply easier to manage: fewer lines to run, a tighter turning circle, and a helm position that keeps the whole boat within sight. She is, by design, the easiest yacht in the Artemis range to own and to berth.
The Artemis 39 carries a passagemaker yard’s habits into a boat built for speed.
Selene made its name on ocean trawlers engineered for long, slow crossings, and that discipline does not disappear just because this hull is built to plane rather than displace. Displacement runs to 10.5 tonnes, modest for a boat of this length, and the joinery and systems below deck are finished to the same standard as the yard’s slower boats. There is no long options list to work through and no premium joinery held back for a flagship model. For a buyer new to the brand, the Artemis 39 is the shortest route into a yard whose reputation was built on boats made to last, not just to arrive quickly.
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