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On Test. PROTAGON 20 by Selva Marine: sporty and versatile cruising

• Silvia Pretto
• November 30, 2023

PROTAGON 20 by Selva Marine is a perfect combination of innovation , performance and comfort . Boasting cutting-edge lines and out-out-the-ordinary features, this open boat represents a remarkable turning point in yachting innovation , combining an appealing design with extraordinary performance and unparalleled comfort.

The shipyard’s roots lie in Greece , where the Biskinis Bros family has built a reputation of more than 50 years in the international market, building more than 25,000 boats. However, the shipyard’s new generation has decided to revolutionize the range of boats with the NEXT GENERATION line, marketed under the PROTAGON YACHTS brand. The establishment of this collaboration between the Greek Shipyard and Europe’s leading outboard company Selva Marine has resulted in the production of innovative, sleek, versatile and extremely sporty 20- and 25-foot boats.

PROTAGON 20 – Design

The PROTAGON 20 by Selva Marine stands out from the other open boats we are used to with her magnificent and high-efficiency double-stepped hull , which redefines performance standards, delivering unbeatable stability , impressive handling , high performance and fuel economy .

Her eye-catching design features a very narrow and sporty hull, marked by a deep V even aft, which provides outstanding performance for a boat less than 6 meters long.

The layout of this PROTAGON 20 takes the day-cruiser experience to a new level, where modularity is at the heart of the design: the aft sundeck turns into an elegant dining table, and the easily accessible bathing platforms become the ideal place to prepare for water sports.

Safety is guaranteed by a black perimeter handrail that runs around the entire boat and adds not only an aesthetic touch, but also a supportive element that keeps passengers safe while underway. Access to the bow is also effortless, ensuring that every passenger can enjoy navigation untroubled.   

The deck of the PROTAGON 20 is designed to be versatile and comfortable , both when underway and at anchor. The aft couch can be customized in its configuration with L-shaped, central bench or U-shaped options, always providing guests with a fully-equipped relaxing area that can be used both as a sundeck and a dining space.

The helm station offers unparalleled comfort and perfect view both in standing and seating position; moreover, the windscreen angle reduces the wind effect while protecting the pilot in addition to the standard hard top.

The Ultraflex steeering system and the Selva 150 XSR engine with its new livery with a simpler design deliver outstanding performance and low fuel consumption.

Last but not least, the shipyard also offers the possibility to install a 12-inch chartplotter for more precise navigation. A push-button panel with pop-up buttons for added convenience is also provided.

PROTAGON 20 Sea Trial

It’s a sunny day on Lake Garda and I climb aboard the PROTAGON 20 with Carlo Selva , owner of Selva Marine , who accompanies me in testing this revolutionary open boat of less than 6 meters.

The boat is berthed alongside the quay in the harbour of Peschiera sul Garda; getting aboard is very easy from the port side broadside, then we cast off smoothly. The sun is very warm on the skin but some wind has come up rippling the surface of the lake.

I throttle up more vigorously and PROTAGON 20’s response is instant: she gets up on plane at only 14 knots and in 3 seconds I am cruising at 30 knots …crazy for a 5.95-meter boat!

The feeling I get is that of a soft, stable and extremely responsive boat, surely thanks to the double-stepped hull, we are suspended on a air cushion that doesn’t make us hit the waves even at 42 knots , the maximum speed reached.

I slow down a little and, at around 30 knots, I put the PROTAGON 20 in trouble by turning sharply, and tightly, to one side and the other, but nothing, it is as if she were on rails… I can leave the helm for a few moments and she continues her trajectory precisely.

Truly unprecedented navigation, I was very surprised by this “little” boat by Selva Marine.

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Protagon 20

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2023 Protagon 20

Blue Lagoon Marine are pleased to offer this deep V twin step wave piercing hull the PROTAGON 20 redefines what a 20 foot boat can achieve; delivering unmatched stability, high performance handling, fuel economy and an absolutely dry ride

*Trailer pictured not included*

The Protagon 20 starts from £29,600 inc. VAT boat only. On the water packages are available on request.

The Protagon 20 starts from £29,600 inc. VAT boat only. On the water packages are available on request. The boat photographed and in stock is £38,856.29 inc VAT and includes the following specification:

Stainless Steel Bimini Top

U Sofa Layout with Cushions Aft Table

Bow Sunbed Extension

Deck Lights (6)

Black Painted Stainless Steel Rails

Overall Cover

Please get in touch with our team today to discuss purchasing this stock boat or ordering your new Protagon 20 ready for the season

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Stock boat specification

Boat only excluding engine £38,856.29 inc VAT

INTEGRAL FUEL TANK (140 LITRES)

HYDRAULIC STEERING

BOW CUSHION

AFT CUSHION

DOUBLE BOLSTER SEATS

CONSOLE FRONT SEAT

FOAM DECK ON ANCHOR LOCKER & FOOT REST

STAINLESS STEEL HAND RAILS

STAINLESS STEEL SWIM LADDER

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WITH SWITCH PANEL

NAVIGATION LIGHTS

WHITE GELCOAT HULL

CONSOLE & SEATS GRAPHITE GREY

OPTIONAL EXTRAS INCLUDED

STAINLESS STEEL BIMINI TOP

U SOFA LAYOUT WITH CUSHIONS AFT TABLE

BOW SUNBED EXTENSION

DECK LIGHTS (6)

BLACK PAINTED STAINLESS STEEL RAILS

OVERALL COVER

Standard Specification

- INTEGRAL FUEL TANK (140 LITRES)

- HYDRAULIC STEERING

- BOW CUSHION

- AFT CUSHION

- DOUBLE BOLSTER SEATS

- CONSOLE FRONT SEAT

- FOAM DECK ON ANCHOR LOCKER & FOOT REST

- STAINLESS STEEL HAND RAILS

- STAINLESS STEEL SWIM LADDER

- BOW ROLLER

- ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WITH SWITCH PANEL

- NAVIGATION LIGHTS

- USB OUTLET

- WHITE GELCOAT HULL

- CONSOLE & SEATS GRAPHITE GREY

Optional Extras

- SUN TENT WITH 4 POLES

- SHOWER SYSTEM (55 LITRES)

- ELECTRIC ANCHOR WINCH

- BLUETOOTH STEREO 2 SPEAKERS

- WATERSKI FRAME

- SIDE GRAPHIC STICKERS

- HIGH BOW RAIL

- AUXILIARY MOTOR BRACKET

- HULL COLOUR – LIGHT GREY | DARK GREY | IONIAN BLUE

- DECK COLOUR – LIGHT GREY

- FOAM DECK FLOORING

- CONSOLE & SEAT COVER

- MTK MONSTER TOWER

- ROAD TRAILER

Engine Options

- Various engine options and brands available on request

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age Gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.

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The Protagon 20 is 20 feet long and has a 7.5 feet beam

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Introducing the Protagon 20, een revolutionair nieuw bootmodel dat de grenzen van prestaties, veelzijdigheid en comfort herdefinieert.

In zijn kern gaat PROTAGON over het doorbreken van middelmatigheid. Het is hard werken , hard spelen – en stralen. Accepteer alleen het beste , geniet van pure schoonheid en omarm volledige vrijheid. Neem gewoon het roer in handen en vaar weg naar de horizon – op de meest onderscheidende manier.

Het hart van de Protagon 20 wordt gevormd door zijn uitzonderlijke rompontwerp. Met een V-vorm van 24 graden, twee treden en een boeg die door de golven snijdt , glijdt deze boot moeiteloos door het water, wat zorgt voor een soepele en stabiele rit , zelfs bij uitdagende zeeomstandigheden. Met een vermogen tot 200 pk vertoont de Protagon 20 een uitstekende snelheid en betrouwbaarheid, waardoor het een opwindende keuze is voor watersportliefhebbers en avonturiers die op zoek zijn naar een adrenaline-gevulde ervaring.

Het dek van de Protagon 20 is doordacht ontworpen om elke centimeter ruimte te maximaliseren. De indeling biedt voldoende ruimte voor passagiers om vrij te bewegen, wat zorgt voor comfort en gemak . Het achterschip kan worden aangepast aan individuele voorkeuren, van een ontwerp met vrije toegang tot een L-vormige of U-vormige bankopstelling, waardoor verschillende zitopstellingen en sociale interacties mogelijk zijn. Bovendien biedt de boot ruimte voor royaal zonnebaden zowel op het voorschip als op het achterschip, waardoor families en vrienden van de zon kunnen genieten en ontspannen momenten op het water kunnen beleven.

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Het gebruik van de indeling van de Protagon 20 biedt de perfecte setting voor een gezin om samen te socialiseren en te genieten van een heerlijke lunch op het water. Met deze configuratie vormt de zitopstelling een knusse en uitnodigende ruimte in het achterschip van de boot, waardoor een comfortabele en inclusieve sfeer ontstaat voor iedereen aan boord.

Om de vaarervaring verder te verbeteren, wordt de Protagon 20 aangeboden met een breed scala aan accessoires . Van premium audiosystemen en geïntegreerde GPS-navigatie tot opslag voor watersportuitrusting, elk accessoire is zorgvuldig geselecteerd om te voldoen aan de diverse behoeften en wensen van watersportliefhebbers. Met oog voor detail en een focus op het bieden van de ultieme familieboot , zet de Protagon 20 een nieuwe standaard op het gebied van prestaties, functionaliteit en plezier op het water.

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• Length: 5.95 m, width: 2.30 m
• Sun shade, fridge, GPS, USB
• Water tank capacity: 60 L
• Fuel tank capacity: 150 L
• Maximum number of persons: 9
• Engine: 150 HP Mercury
• GPS, Bluetooth radio
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Motorboat protagon yachts 20 150hp.

A new boating era with groundbreaking design, awesome ergonomic and the highest quality standards! Try our brand NEW Protagon 20 with new two step hull! Unique design with max perfomance! With outboard Mercury 150HP max speed is amazing 49Knots! Protagon 20 boat is ideal for explore Blue lagoon, visit island Šolta, Brač and one of most popular destination in Dalmatia - Hvar island.

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We have just had the most amazing day on the boat, really made our holiday. Communication with Antonio was brilliant and Ivan our skipper was amazing, thank you so much. I would highly recommend if your are looking to explore this beautiful place. Honestly I can't fault it and I will def be back and booking this boat again.

We had an great time with our skipper Dusko. He was friendly, knowledgeable and fun to spend a day with! This is a 5 Star experience that I would recommend to anyone looking to spend a day in the water in beautiful Split. We even had dinner at a restaurant he recommended and it was fantastic. Thanks!

Antonio made the booking process easy and Dusko was the perfect skipper. He went out of his way to make sure we had the best time. My daughter age 7 said it was the best day of her life and the rest of us had an amazing day too. I’m would highly recommend. Thank you so much Dusko for a wonderful day!

Thank you to Antonio for managing all the logistic and to our fantastic boat captain, Dusko for an amazing day out with great wakeboarding dolphin sightings and great lunch venue, would definately recommend !

Great day with a very good skipper Dusko who knew all the best spots for us to swim and stop. Would definitely recommend him!

Had a great day with skipper Josko. Did some watersports and saw some cool spots. Would reccomend anyone who is in the area.

Great communication from Antonio and Luka was a fantastic skipper for the day, we would definitely do another trip

We had a beautiful day and Marin our skipper was great . Fully recommend:)

Our skipper Dusko was great! Thank you!

Everything was great.

I don’t know about much about the technicalities of the boat, it looked good for me. Antonio was very helpful in providing information on what we asked for. And the skipper Ivan is very experienced, friendly, understandable and patient guy. He has told all the possibilities what he can show in the time we have.

We are very pleased with the cooperation with Antonio. Skipper Ivan was very helpful, thanks to him we had a nice day on the boat. I recommend Antonio :)

The boat was well kept and had everything we needed for our day of touring the islands around Split. Antonio was very helpful and fast to reply to any questions we had. The afternoon wind made the trip home a bit choppy so keep that in mind if you are going out all day. I would recommend renting from Antonio again.

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House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday defeated their own plan to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, with the party divided over the length of a short-term funding bill and what, if anything, should be attached to it.

It was an embarrassing blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who had yanked the same funding package off the floor last week amid growing GOP defections, only to watch it collapse on Wednesday in a vote that seemed doomed from the start.

The vote was 202-220 with two members voting present. In all, fourteen Republicans voted against the package, and three Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Don Davis of North Carolina — voted for it.

Thirteen days before money runs out for the federal government, there is still no bipartisan plan to stave off a shutdown. While the GOP-led House could try again, the focus now likely shifts to the Senate, where leaders in both parties agree a shutdown would be disastrous weeks before the election.

Johnson’s plan called for extending funding at current spending levels for six months, through March 2025, and linking it with the SAVE Act , Donald Trump-backed legislation requiring that people show proof of citizenship to register to vote.

A GOP-only funding bill was always going to be a heavy lift for Johnson given Republicans’ razor-thin majority and the fact that a number of GOP lawmakers — a mix of fiscal conservatives and defense hawks — had vowed for days to tank it.

Democrats want a “clean” three-month funding patch with nothing attached, and virtually all voted no on the Johnson plan. Many oppose the SAVE Act, noting that it is already illegal , and rare , for noncitizens to vote .

GOP opponents were comprised of some unusual bedfellows. Some conservatives said they never vote for stopgap funding bills, known as continuing resolutions, or CRs, while Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., has warned that half a year is too long for military spending to remain stagnant.

That would be "devastating" to the Pentagon, the chairman told NBC News before the vote.

Other GOP defections included Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Matt Gaetz and Cory Mills, both of Florida; Nancy Mace of South Carolina; and Matt Rosendale of Montana.

But the overwhelming majority of rank-and-file Republicans backed Johnson’s move, saying holding the vote would put lawmakers on record.

“I think it’s good to put it on the floor, let people know who the people are that support it and don’t,” Rep. Warren Davidson, of Ohio, said earlier Wednesday. “I think that’s more important to call the vote, let the record show who stands where. Everyone.”

Davidson, who was ousted in July from the far-right House Freedom Caucus, lamented that Republicans have failed to unify behind a plan weeks before the election. “It’s a combination of bedwetters who won’t fight for anything,” he said, “and purists who won’t fight for anything unless it’s perfect.”

Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, has loomed large in the funding fight. Hours before the vote, Trump reiterated his message that Republicans should shut down the government unless the SAVE Act becomes law.

"If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form," Trump wrote on Truth Social , making the baseless claim that tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants will vote in the upcoming election.

"Only American Citizens should be voting in our Most Important Election in History, or any Election! A Vote must happen BEFORE the Election, not AFTER the Election when it is too late," Trump added. "BE SMART, REPUBLICANS, YOU’VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND LONG ENOUGH BY THE DEMOCRATS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN."

After the vote, Johnson met with reporters and defended his strategy but declined to share what his next play call would be.

"The play that we ran tonight was the right play. It's the right play for the American people. It's the one they demand and deserve," Johnson said just off the House floor, using his favorite football metaphors.

"We have two very important objectives right now. Congress has an obligation to fund the government. Congress has an obligation to ensure that our elections are secure, fair and free. This vote tonight could have accomplished both. I'm very disappointed that it didn't pass."

The government is slated to shut down at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 unless Republicans and Democrats can reach a deal on short-term funding.

That won’t include the speaker’s plan, which is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate and faces a veto threat from President Joe Biden.

Instead, the likely next step will be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., bringing to the floor a clean CR, funding the government past the election into December. That would buy time for bipartisan negotiators to strike a longer-term funding deal during the lame-duck session for fiscal year 2025 — if a short-term bill can pass the House.

"Plan B's always been a clean CR," Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., said of the need to eventually pass a short-term patch.

Schumer called on Johnson to negotiate with Senate Democrats in a statement after the vote. “For weeks, Speaker Johnson pursued a partisan ploy knowing full well it had no chance of passing or averting a shutdown. We now have only a few days left for House Republicans to come to their senses, come to the table, and come together with Democrats to craft a bipartisan agreement," he said.

With the Nov. 5 general election just 48 days away, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is warning that a shutdown would be politically devastating for the GOP.

"One thing you cannot have at the government shutdown would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election," McConnell said Tuesday, "because certainly we'd get the blame."

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said after Wednesday's meeting that he had complete faith in Johnson figuring out how to avert a shutdown, noting the speaker reached a funding deal earlier this year with Schumer for the current fiscal year.

"At the end of the day, if he ever wanted to shut down the government, he had a lot of opportunities to do that," Cole said. "Since he's been speaker, he's never let it happen. I don't think he ever will."

Former House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, now the top Democrat on the panel, said she hopes bipartisan negotiators can now sit down and hammer out a clean funding bill to keep the lights on.

"I think we're going to get to where we need to go because we have to," DeLauro, D-Conn., said. "We need people who have an understanding of what a shutdown means. And I think that [Republicans] will figure out that it is politically devastating."

Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.

Syedah Asghar is a Capitol Hill researcher for NBC News and is based in Washington, D.C.

Kyle Stewart is a field producer covering Congress for NBC News.

Brennan Leach is NBC News' Capitol Hill intern.