Shipyard Journal

A large custom phinisi typically takes around 9 to 14 months from keel to launch for a 30 m yacht-grade […]

Membangun kapal kayu di galangan Bulukumba mengikuti urutan tahap yang sudah teruji generasi: pemilihan kayu, peletakan lunas, pemasangan kulit lambung

In most Western wooden boatbuilding, the frames go up first and the planking follows. In South Sulawesi it is the

A wooden hull is only as honest as the wood inside it. The three timbers that build a phinisi each

A new phinisi runs, as planning bands in US dollars, from the low six figures for a small wooden boat

Dari sisi galangan, harga sebuah phinisi tersusun dari komponen nyata: kayu, upah tukang, pengencang dan fit-out, mesin dan sistem, rig,

There are two honest ways to buy a phinisi. Yard-direct means commissioning a new hull built to your specification. Through

A wooden liveaboard does best on a planned haul-out rhythm, not emergency dockings. The right interval depends on antifouling, water

Refitting an ageing phinisi starts with one rule: condition first. Before any figure is written, the boat comes out of

Dry-docking a phinisi in Sulawesi means a slipway haul-out: the hull is eased up the ways on a cradle, blocked

Lambung kayu phinisi bertahan puluhan tahun bila dirawat dengan ritme dok yang terencana — bukan dok darurat. Kuncinya sederhana: naikkan

A dive liveaboard is built from the dive deck outward. Get the deck, the compressor and the cabins right and