Charter character
Points to phinisi
If guests are booking the boat as much as the itinerary, the silhouette earns its keep.
The choice is rarely between builders
It is between platforms. We build phinisi, catamarans and motor yachts through the same studio, so the comparison is by use case.
We have no incentive to push one hull
Decide how the boat will earn or serve you, and let that decide the platform.
Owners searching for a yacht builder against a catamaran builder are usually deciding what kind of boat to commission, not which company to use.
Since the same studio and contract structure covers all three, the honest framework is the operating profile first and the hull second.
- Platforms we build
- All three
- Whichever you choose
- One contract
- What decides it
- Use case
Phinisi, catamaran or monohull
Six factors, and no column is favoured.
Factor
Phinisi
Catamaran
Motor yacht
- Phinisi
- Iconic in the Komodo trade
- Catamaran
- Modern and family friendly
- Motor yacht
- Conventional luxury
- Phinisi
- Modest, sail assisted
- Catamaran
- Best efficiency of the three
- Motor yacht
- Fast, and the thirstiest
- Phinisi
- Moderate
- Catamaran
- Shallowest, reef friendly
- Motor yacht
- Varies by design
- Phinisi
- High, with tall interiors
- Catamaran
- Wide but split across hulls
- Motor yacht
- Moderate
- Phinisi
- Ironwood and teak
- Catamaran
- Vacuum infused composite
- Motor yacht
- Composite or hardwood
- Phinisi
- USD 600k to 8M
- Catamaran
- USD 350k to 8M
- Motor yacht
- USD 1.8 to 8M
Character and charter appeal
Speed and fuel
Draft and anchorages
Cabin volume per metre
Build material
Typical band
If your real question is where to build rather than what to build, the Bali against Batam comparison is the other half of this decision.
Start from the operating profile
Three readings, each of which points at a different hull.
Range and reef
Points to catamaran
Shallow draft, best fuel figures and stability at anchor for long crossings.
Speed and privacy
Points to monohull
Conventional luxury, faster passages, and the thirstiest of the three.
Before you choose a platform
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Tell us the itinerary first
Where the boat will run, who will be aboard and how it will earn. The hull follows from that, and we will say which one.