Biography
We are Jack and Terry Burgess, owners of Selene 5388, Shangri-La. Jack has been boating for 68 years and Terry for about 30, succumbing to Jack’s love of all things water. We retired from busy and wonderful careers as a trial lawyer and law office manager in 2021, giving us much more time to enjoy Shangri-La, which we had built and delivered in 2010. We cruised the Chesapeake Bay and traveled north to New England in the summers for 10 years and in 2021 visited the Bahamas. In 2022 we cruised to South America and Trinidad where Shangri-La spent the next three years, with us flying south during cruising season and enjoying the Eastern Caribbean from December through May. In 2025, after a three year refit when seasonally on the hard in Trinidad, we brought the vessel all home and she is now with us on the Chesapeake Bay. Shangri-La is not our first large vessel; we owned a Fountaine Pajot 44’ power catamaran from 2001 - 2009 which we kept in the Virgin Islands when our three daughters could join us for spring breaks and summer vacations. Much fishing, snorkeling, diving, exploring and fun in the Virgins, Puerto Rico and Leeward Islands occurred. After 15 years of owning Shangri-La and having her completely refitted to be our “forever” boat, Jack succumbed to the one thing he can’t resist - temptation. A Selene Ocean Explorer 60 is to be delivered in Q1 2026. The adventure continues!