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.
