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2025 West Coast Selene Owners' Rendezvous Highlights - April 24 - 26

Geary Long | Published on 10/31/2025

 

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        With a range of Selene yachts in the background, a new Selene 78 Ocean Explorer is featured with attendees on-board
2025 West Coast Selene Owners' Rendezvous - Highlights
Roche Harbor, Wa.

This year's event:
- 76 registered attendees
- 28 first time attendees
- 4 first time attendees from Europe
- 29 boats
- 27 sponsors (THANK YOU for your support)
- and a new Selene 78 Ocean Explorer! 

In attendance, our Title Sponsors:
Howard Chin, Selene Designer, Founder and CEO.
Wayne Goldman, President of Selene Americas
Paul CIfka, Chief Marketing Officer




Technical Seminars

Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting
Steve shared his knowledge and experiences regarding:
- Enhancing Your Vessel's Reliability, Failure Analysis and Prevention
- Oil Analysis, The Mechanics Crystal Ball


Lisa McDonald - PredictWind
Lisa provided insight about using PredictWind and it advantages

Howard Chen - Selene Yachts
Howard provided updates about the factory expansion in Zhuhai, China

Dylan Hildebrand - Selene Yachts Americas
Dylan presented information about new technologies and design features that are being incorporated into Selene Yachts.



Informational Seminars

Carl Gulledge
Less Picture Taking - More Picture Making

Harald Raetzsch
Traveling Spain to Italy




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     Steve D'Antonio Lisa McDonald Wayne Goldman and Howard Chin

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                                Dylan Hilderbrand of Selene Yachts Americas sharing new design features incorporated into Selene Yachts


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Selene Owners sharing experiences                                          Catered Dinner


B1. Potluck and Biingo Round   B5. Brigitte, Harald, Howard, Tony and Sarah
Potluck Howard Chin with First Time attendees from Switzerland and the UK
Social Activities

Wine tasting - WIT Wineries

Potluck dinner

Catered lunch

Catered dinner hosted by Selene Yachts Americas

Open House - tour other Selene boats

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2025 Sponsors



Join us at the next Selene Owners Rendezvous
April 15 - 19, 2026

Information and Registration will be 
available in early 2026


The Selene Owners Association is a private, member-based organization recognized as a 501(c)7 tax-exempt social club by the IRS.