l       Where did the “ Selene ” name come from?

Selene is named after the goddess of the moon, it is a long story dating back to 1967, two years before the American astronauts landed on the moon. The famous Taiwanese Architect Mr. Da-Hong Wang started the concept to design a memorial building for the landing on the moon. Since the name for the launching rocket is “ Apollo --- the god of the sun “ in the Greek mythology, so Wang selected the “ Selene --- the goddess of the moon “ for the name of this memorial. 

Wang was the classmate of the world famous Architect I.M. Pei of Harvard University in 1942, also he is the teacher of Howard Chen at the graduate school of Architecture of Taiwan Tong-Hai University in 1997. Wang’s father is the former minister of foreign affairs, so after the graduation from Harvard, Wang returned to China to commence his architecture career. Then he eventually moved to Taiwan together with the central government, as in 1949 the People’s Republic of China (PRC) took over the Mainland China, and the original Republic of China (ROC) withdrew to Taiwan. Wang had designed several splendid buildings including the private houses, government offices and several buildings of the University in Taiwan. His designs are recognized to be the milestone in the history of Taiwanese architecture. He is one of best architect during that age.

  l        Where is Jet-Tern Marine?

Jet-Tern Marine is located beside the companies of Jet-Tern Group, which is located in Dong-Guan, Canton, China, only 2 hours by bus from Hong Kong International Airport and it also an hour bus journey from Guang-Zhou International Airport. Jet-Tern Group has four table & kitchen ware factory, one forge factory & one shipyard all gather at the same industry zone. Our shipyard is located in a prosperous industry city called “ Hou-Jie “ ( in Chinese it means “ rich street “ ), it’s rich of foreign investment from traditional production like shoes up to Hi-Tech production like computer component. A bunch of hotel, restaurant & KTV is the key feature of the city. The weather here is ideal for the FRP lamination. Good labor resources are available. In addition, the city is famous for its furniture industry, with about 300 furniture companies in the area. Relative resources, like wood, veneer, fabric, granite, glass…, therefore, are easy to find.

Jet-Tern Marine’s Address : No. 3, Kuo-Tai Road, Yeong-Koou Administrative Distract, Dong-Guan, Canton, China

Tel : 86-769-5919185, 86-769-5915748, Fax : 86-769-5903089, 86-769-5917898

  l        What is the meaning of Jet-Tern Company’s logo?

The company name of Jet-Tern Marine derives from Chen’s family business,  a world leading table & kitchen ware company. Jet-Tern is the same pronunciation of their Chinese company name, however, “ Tern “ also means one kind of sea gull, so when Howard designed the logo for the company, he picked up the JTM ( the initials of Jet-Tern Marine ), and he eventually converted the “ M “ into the shape of a sea gull, flying between the blue ocean & sky, going forward without hesitation, looking for the bright future. It will need courage, strong willing and the spirit of excellence.

 

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Dear Dealers:

After more than one year's training and learning and strict assessment, we are very pleased to announce Jet-Tern Marine has been successfully approved by ABS Quality Evaluation Inc. for the application of ISO 9001, 1994 edition.

ABS Quality Evaluation Inc. had issued the official certificate to us on Aug 1st, 2001. The certificate number is 35916.We believe Jet-Tern Marine is the first pleasure shipyard in China that gets the ISO 9001 certificate.

We are also entitled to use the ABS QE Quality Mark and the Marks of the Accreditors. In the future, we will be able to use the marks on our brochures and technical files. This will upgrade the quality image of our yachts.

The ISO 9001 Quality Management System will be very helpful to stabilize and systemize our quality control system; in the meantime, Jet-Tern Marine will keep improving their quality from material, design and manufacture as well as the production efficiency. We also hope you can provide us more support from the marketing and sales. We are looking forward to the long-term cooperation with you.

We have made a color duplicate of the certificate and will put it into a wood frame, we will send it by airmail next week.

Best Regards,

Howard Chen / Jet-Tern Marine

Typed by Linda
   

1.   Route ( Cruising Route )above map.

 

2.  Date ( for each leg )

See below chart.

 

3.  Member's name for each leg (1st leg & 2nd leg)

1^st leg  Aoki, yoh.  Yoshimura, Hideki.  Uehara, Shizuo.

2^nd leg  Yoshimura, Hideki.  Uehara, Shizuo.

3^rd leg  Yoshimura, Hideki.  Uehara, Shizuo,  Andy Cut

 

4.  Fuel Consumption / Speed Vs RPM (technical information)

     See below diagram

5.  Any more photo or information

  

SOLO 4313 Cruising data	Departed	arrived	Distance log	Sailing hours	Average speed
1st leg  HK to Isigaki	2001/04/10  at 1500	2001/04/14 at 1600	605 N M	97 hours	6.23 knots
2nd leg  Isigaki to Okinawa	2001/04/19  at 1200	2001/04/20  at 1600	230 N M	28 hours	8.21 knots
3rd leg  Okinawa to Osaka	2001/05/16  at 0600	2001/05/19 at 1700	720 N M	83 hours	8.67 knots
Total			1555 N M	208 hours	7.48 knots

 

(4) Total fuel consumption ( US Gal )
Fuel loaded 790 US Gal at HK.

Total Fuel consumption from HK to Isigaki was 210 US Gal.

Fuel consumption per hour to Isigaki was 2.2 US Gal.

 

 The speed Vs rpm (at some particular rpm)
4.0 knots at 1000 rpm

5.9 knots at 1500 rpm

7.6 knots at 2000 rpm

8.6 knots at 2500 rpm

9.3 knots at 2850 rpm(max)

Value was averaged from two trials of opposite direction at Itoman harbor.

 

(5) The living ability (Accommodation, water, electricity, galley
 function, propane, freezer, hot water, view from pilothouse, washer /dryer, toilet...)

1. Water leaking from door pilothouse starboard and from the deck hatch on the master room.

2. Propane gas running out soon after arriving Isigaki. It was leaking through a hole on copper pipe under the deck.

3. Refrigerator did not work 48 hours after leaving HK. 

4. Needed some stopper at cooking burner to hold pan at high seas.

5. Did not use  freezer and washer / dryer yet.

6. Bamboo blinds started dancing noisily at high wave condition and damaged vanished surface.

7. Air conditioning at main salon did not work.

 

(6) The boat's performance (rolling, pitching...)

1.       At all times I felt very secure on the Solo. The sidedecks were great for docking, the flybridge an excellent

       lookout position, and the Portuguese bridge a particularly good feature when keeping watch at night.

The centrally located galley made food preparation underway very convenient (forget thoughts of gimballed

stoves), and the window on the engineroom door made routine checks a breeze - though the light switch

 needs to be outside the door, not inside!

2.       Pitching is smooth and easy, got only a few times punting bow in 4m wave. The boat did roll uncomfortably

       at beam seas. Rolling are heavily about 30 degrees at 4m wave from abeam. I suggest installing stabilizer.