From tired hull to charter-ready again
A refit is not a big repair; it is a planned transformation. Where repair fixes what is wrong, a full refit and restoration takes an ageing phinisi or wooden schooner and brings it back to a standard it can work or cruise at for another decade. That means a survey of the whole vessel, a written specification system by system, and a sequence that rebuilds the boat in the right order rather than chasing problems around the hull.
Owners come to us for two reasons: a working boat that needs to become charter-ready, or a classic wooden schooner that deserves restoration rather than replacement. Both start the same way — the boat comes out at our
haul-out and drydock and is assessed honestly before a single figure is written.
The specification sheet, system by system
A refit is only as good as its spec. We build a sheet that covers structure (planking, frames, fastenings, keel and stem), the deck and superstructure, rig and spars, propulsion and steering, tankage and plumbing, electrical and electronics, and the interior. Each line gets a scope, a material, and a US-dollar figure, plus an honest contingency where opening the hull may reveal more. You approve the sheet before we start, and changes are quoted as they arise, not sprung at the end.
Restoring a classic wooden schooner
Restoration is its own discipline. The goal is to keep the vessel’s character — its lines, its rig, the marks of how it was built — while making it sound and safe. We re-plank with matched timber, renew fastenings, rebuild the deck and bright work, and bring systems up to a standard the boat never originally had, all without turning a historic hull into a replica of a modern one. It is patient work, and it is some of the most satisfying the yard does.
How a refit differs from a repair
Repair is reactive and quick; refit is planned and whole-vessel. If your phinisi needs a re-caulk and an antifoul, that is a
repair visit. If it needs to come back to class, earn charter income, or be restored to keep it alive, that is a refit — and it wants a specification, a schedule and a budget, not a quick haul-out.
USD bands and schedule
A full refit is quoted from the specification sheet; bands run widely because the scope does — a systems-and-interior refit is a different number from a structural restoration. Schedules run from a couple of months to the better part of a year for a deep restoration. Everything is in US dollars, staged against work completed, and contracted through PT Komodo Galangan Nusantara.
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.