Marine hardwood
Traditional hulls
Ulin below the waterline, teak for decks and joinery.
There is no single mega shipyard in Bali
What the island actually offers is a working network: sheltered water at Benoa, small yards at Serangan, and design offices in Denpasar.
Any company implying otherwise is overselling
Bali Yacht Builder is the client facing arm of the Komodo Luxury group, coordinating that network so an owner deals with one team.
For wooden vessels above roughly 20 metres the hull is built where the skills live, at the group yards in South Sulawesi. Composite and smaller builds can be laminated closer to Bali.
Either way, fit out, systems installation, survey and sea trials are managed from the Bali side.
- Across the network
- 5 locations
- Full build cycle by size
- 10 to 30 mo
- Above this we say build elsewhere
- About 50 m
Who does what, and where
One build contract can span all five.
Location
Role in a build
Typical work
- Location
- Benoa Harbour
- Role in a build
- Fit out, launch and service base
- Typical work
- Systems installation, haul out, antifouling, sea trials, handover
- Location
- Serangan
- Role in a build
- Moorings and small craft yards
- Typical work
- Tenders, day boats, cosmetic refit, storage between stages
- Location
- Denpasar
- Role in a build
- Design studio and project office
- Typical work
- Naval architecture, contracts, owner meetings, permits
- Location
- South Sulawesi
- Role in a build
- Hull construction
- Typical work
- Ironwood and teak phinisi hulls, traditional joinery at scale
- Location
- Labuan Bajo
- Role in a build
- Finishing and delivery east
- Typical work
- Final outfitting, crew familiarisation, charter positioning
Practical limits are set by slipway length in Sulawesi and berth depth at Benoa.
Three families
What the yards build in
We are honest about where each material is genuinely strong.
Composite
Cats and motor yachts
Fiberglass construction, with vacuum infusion for weight critical builds.
From Sulawesi slipway to Bali fit out
Owners visit the hull during construction. Flights from Bali make supervision practical.
Design
Three to four months of engineering in Denpasar before anything is cut.
Keel
Laid in Sulawesi for hardwood, or near Bali for composite.
Hull
Construction with owner inspection visits timed to the stage.
Delivery
The vessel sails or is shipped to Benoa or Labuan Bajo.
Fit out
Engines, electrical, interior and rig installed and commissioned.
Handover
Survey, sea trials and documentation.
Roughly 10 to 14 months for smaller vessels and 18 to 30 months for 30m and above.
What a build costs through the network
Start with the specification, not the yard.
- A new phinisi
- USD 600k to 1.2M
- 30m to 40m luxury build
- USD 1.8 to 3M
- 45m and above
- USD 4 to 8M
Planning ranges in USD, not quotes. Final pricing follows the design brief and specification.
Before you visit
Keep reading
Come and see the yards
Tell us what you are planning and we will arrange the right visits, including the Sulawesi hull yards for serious phinisi projects.