Yacht-grade newbuild, built the Bulukumba way
A yacht-grade phinisi is not a working boat with better varnish. It is a different specification from the keel up: fairer hull lines, tighter fastening schedules, engineered tankage and systems, sound insulation around the machinery space, and joinery held to furniture tolerances. At the Bulukumba yard we build both — but this page is about the yacht-grade end of the ledger, where a hull is drawn to class-comparable scantlings and finished for owners who will live aboard for weeks at a time.
Everything still begins with timber and the plank-first method that Konjo shipwrights have carried for generations. What changes at yacht grade is the discipline around it: every frame recorded, every through-hull bronze and bedded, every tank pressure-tested before the sole goes down. The romance of a hand-built phinisi is real; the difference at this level is that the romance is backed by a build book you can audit.
What yacht-grade actually buys you
Owners ask what the premium over a boat-grade hull pays for. In plain terms: hull fairing measured rather than eyeballed; laminated frames where a working boat would use sawn; marine ply and epoxy sheathing options above the waterline; stainless and bronze fastenings instead of galvanised; engineered rudder stock and steering; proper bilge, black-water and fuel-polishing systems; and an interior built to a drawing rather than improvised on site. Each of those is a line item, and each is quoted after we see your specification.
We supervise from the owner’s side as well as the builder’s. That means a named point of contact, staged inspections you or your surveyor can attend, and photographs at every milestone — keel, framing, planking-up, deck, engine drop, launch. A yacht-grade contract is a stage-payment contract issued by PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara, with the money released against work completed, not promises.
Rig, interior and the things that date a hull
A phinisi schooner rig is beautiful and heavy, and it drives the whole structure. We size the masts, chainplates and deck reinforcement to the rig you actually want to sail, not a generic plan. Below, the interior is where a yacht-grade build earns its keep for years: hardwood joinery that survives humidity, hidden service runs you can reach, air handling that keeps cabins dry, and a galley and heads specified for real charter or private use. The details that date a hull — soft cabin soles, corroded fastenings, tired systems — are the ones we engineer against at the start.
USD build bands
As a planning guide only, a yacht-grade phinisi in the 28–35 m range typically sits in a mid-to-upper six-figure to low seven-figure US-dollar band, depending on rig, systems and interior level. Smaller wooden yachts sit below that; a fully classed expedition build sits above. These are bands, not quotes: every hull is priced after specification and a drawing set. See our full
cost and timeline breakdown for how the number is built up, and our wooden-boat construction page for the boat-grade alternative.
Bulukumba Shipyard is the regency newbuild-and-refit yard brand of Juara Holding Group (established 2015), a sister brand to Komodo Luxury. The yard sits in Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi — Butta Panrita Lopi, the land of the Konjo and Bugis panrita lopi master shipwrights who build and restore wooden phinisi hulls, from keel-laying to haul-out.
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.