A wooden liveaboard does best on a planned haul-out rhythm, not emergency dockings. The right interval depends on antifouling, water and use, but the principle is simple: get the hull out, dry, inspected and re-payed before small problems become structural ones.
What the season demands
Tropical charter waters are hard on antifouling and on any timber that stays wet. A boat working full seasons needs its underwater hull washed, inspected and antifouled on a regular cadence, with fastenings and seams checked while it is up.
Signs it is time
Weeping seams, soft spots at deck edges and cabin corners, growth that antifouling is no longer holding back, or a boat that simply has not been out in too long — any of these says book a haul-out. Wooden hulls reward being caught early.
Plan around the calendar
The smart move is to plan the docking window around the charter calendar rather than fight it — a shoulder-season haul-out costs far less in lost revenue than a mid-season emergency.
Book at our haul-out and drydock; anything the hull needs flows into repair and refit.
Talk to the yard: WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 · email sales@komodoluxury.com. Every hull is quoted after specification; price bands below are in US dollars.