Where a wooden liveaboard comes out of the water
A wooden hull has to come out of the water to be looked after properly, and finding a slipway that can take a large phinisi liveaboard in Indonesia is harder than it should be. This is the docking side of the yard: haul-out on a slipway cradle, blocking and shoring for the work, and the dry time a hull needs to be surveyed, repaired and re-payed. If you have asked where you can haul out a wooden liveaboard for repair in Indonesia, this page is the answer for the Bulukumba region.
Slipway, cradle and capacity
We haul out on a timber-and-steel slipway cradle, easing the hull up the ways on rollers and blocking it level for work. Capacity is quoted by length overall and displacement — a heavy wooden liveaboard sits differently on the blocks than a light day boat, and the cradle and shoring are set to the hull. Tell us the boat’s LOA, beam, draft and rough tonnage and we will confirm whether it is a straightforward haul or needs special arrangements.
What happens while she is up
Out of the water, the underwater hull is washed, dried and inspected; fastenings and seams are checked; antifouling is stripped and renewed; and any repair the boat needs is done with the hull open and accessible. This is also when a proper condition check is possible — we look at the structure in the yard to scope repairs. For an independent pre-purchase assessment, owners arrange
an independent marine survey separately; the yard does not sell survey services, and that separation keeps everyone honest.
Timeline and cost factors
A haul-out and antifoul is a short visit — days, not weeks. A repair stay depends on what the hull needs and is scoped once the boat is up and open. The cost factors are straightforward: the haul and re-launch itself, dry-storage days on the blocks, the specific repair scope, and antifouling materials. We give a US-dollar estimate for the haul and a separate scope for any works, so you can see what you are paying for. Larger jobs flow into
repair and refit or full restoration.
Plan the docking window
Wooden hulls reward a regular haul-out rhythm rather than emergency dockings. Talk to the desk about when your boat was last out, what antifouling it carries, and how it is being used, and we will help you plan a docking window that fits your charter calendar rather than fights it.
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.